French for Reading and Translation
Title | French for Reading and Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Shannon R. Becker |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 2020-06-09 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1000077985 |
French for Reading and Translation is a comprehensive introduction to French grammar and vocabulary for those who want to learn to read and understand French, either to conduct academic research or to experience French literature in its original form. Rather than explaining every grammatical concept in tedious detail, the book gives easy-to-follow explanations followed by abundant examples and opportunities to see the language in use. It encourages readers to learn vocabulary by showing them how to break it down and how to recognize related words. It gives learners the opportunity to use various reading strategies as they apply this newfound knowledge to the French passages provided. An engaging guide that will help readers decode the intricacies of the French language, this is an ideal resource for graduate students and researchers consulting French sources.
A Short Course in Reading French
Title | A Short Course in Reading French PDF eBook |
Author | Celia Brickman |
Publisher | Columbia University Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2012-12-04 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0231156766 |
This textbook teaches the basics of French grammar, reinforcing its lessons with exercises and key practice translations. A systematic guide, the volume is a critical companion for university-level students learning to read and translate written French into English; for graduate scholars learning to do research in French or prepping for proficiency exams; and for any interested readers who want to improve their facility with the French language. In addition, A Short Course in Reading French exposes readers to a broad range of French texts from the humanities and social sciences, including writings by distinguished francophone authors from around the world. The book begins with French pronunciation and cognates and moves through nouns, articles, and prepositions; verbs, adjectives, and adverbs; a graduated presentation of all the indicative and subjunctive tenses; object, relative, and other pronouns; the passive voice; common idiomatic constructions; and other fundamental building blocks of the French language. Chapters contain translation passages from such authors as Pascal, Montesquieu, Proust, Sartre, Bourdieu, Senghor, Césaire, de Certeau, de Beauvoir, Barthes, and Kristeva. Drawn from more than two decades of experience teaching French to students from academic and nonacademic backgrounds, Celia Brickman's clear, accessible, and time-tested format enables even beginners to develop a sophisticated grasp of the language and become adept readers of French. There is an answer key for translation exercises and for non-copyrighted translation passages available to professors and teachers who have assigned this title in a class. Please provide your name, title, institution, and number of students in the course in an email to [email protected].
French for Reading
Title | French for Reading PDF eBook |
Author | Karl C. Sandberg |
Publisher | Prentice Hall |
Pages | 548 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
Programmed text for acquisition of reading skills for beginning courses or rapid review.
Thinking French Translation
Title | Thinking French Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Sándor Hervey |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2003-08-27 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1134522797 |
The new edition of this popular course in translation from French into English offers a challenging practical approach to the acquisition of translation skills, with clear explanations of the theoretical issues involved. A variety of translation issues are considered including: *cultural differences *register and dialect *genre *revision and editing. The course now covers texts from a wide range of sources, including: *journalism and literature *commercial, legal and technical texts *songs and recorded interviews. This is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of French on translation courses. The book will also appeal to wide range of language students and tutors.
Reading French in the Arts and Sciences
Title | Reading French in the Arts and Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Edward M. Stack |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1957 |
Genre | French language |
ISBN |
French for Reading Knowledge
Title | French for Reading Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Palmeri |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN |
"French for Reading Knowledge presents a plan to teach the reading of French directly and economically. This book is not intended for those interested in acquiring a practical speaking knowledge. It is meant to reach that large number of students, college freshment or graduates, who would like to acquire a reading knowledge of French if they could only have the time. It fills a gap. It replaces no other text. French for Reading Knowledge differs from the traditional, as well as the current oral-aural type of text. It differs in aim, approach, teaching technique, vocabulary, reading material, etc. How it differs cannot be told here because a short description would be inadequate, and a long one would be read only by those who do not need to read it. In view of this, we should like to make but one brief comment: the basic vocabulary, basic for reading only and extremely small, includes those words which the student will need for further reading in any field. There are a few words, though, which are not generally basic. Obviously, they had to be included for practical purposes. We wish to thank Professor Casimir D. Zdanowicz, who foresaw in an Extension reading course the development of a new method and offered valuable suggestions for the preparation of this book. We are grateful to Dr. Lorentz H. Adolfson, Director of the Extension Division, and to Dr. W. M. Hanley, also of the Extension Division, for continous professional support and encouragement. We are greatful, too, to Mlle Germaine Mercier and to Mme Francoise Jankowski (nee Cusin) for reading the manuscript and making valuable suggestions, and to Miss Ethel A. Schenk, Specialist in charge of Placement and Attainment Examinations at the University of Wisconsion, who was consulted on various matters." [from preface by Joseph Palmeri, E. E. Milligan]
The Beginning Translator's Workbook
Title | The Beginning Translator's Workbook PDF eBook |
Author | Michèle H. Jones |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1538182335 |
"The Beginning Translator's Workbook or the ABCs of French to English Translation combines methodology and practice for use in translation courses for beginners with a proficiency level in French ranging from intermediate to advanced, under the guidance and supervision of an instructor"--