Translating Japanese Texts
Title | Translating Japanese Texts PDF eBook |
Author | Kirsten Refsing |
Publisher | Museum Tusculanum Press |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 8763507773 |
Intended for both students and teachers of translation, and professional translators, this book offers an introduction to problems of and strategies for translating Japanese texts. It focuses on Japanese and English and attempts to highlight differences between these two languages.
A Cultural History of Translation in Early Modern Japan
Title | A Cultural History of Translation in Early Modern Japan PDF eBook |
Author | Rebekah Clements |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2015-03-05 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1107079829 |
This book offers the first cultural history of translation in Japan during the Tokugawa period, 1600-1868.
Japanese–English Translation
Title | Japanese–English Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Wakabayashi |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 311 |
Release | 2020-10-06 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1000192393 |
This volume is a textbook for aspiring translators of Japanese into English, as well as a reference work for professional Japanese–English translators and for translator educators. Underpinned by sound theoretical principles, it provides a solid foundation in the practice of Japanese–English translation, then extends this to more advanced levels. Features include: 13 thematic chapters, with subsections that explore common pitfalls and challenges facing Japanese–English translators and the pros and cons of different procedures exercises after many of these subsections abundant examples drawn from a variety of text types and genres and translated by many different translators This is an essential resource for postgraduate students of Japanese–English translation and Japanese language, professional Japanese–English translators and translator educators. It will also be of use and interest to advanced undergraduates studying Japanese.
The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation
Title | The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Yoko Hasegawa |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2013-05-13 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1136640886 |
The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation brings together for the first time material dedicated to the theory and practice of translation to and from Japanese. This one semester advanced course in Japanese translation is designed to raise awareness of the many considerations that must be taken into account when translating a text. As students progress through the course they will acquire various tools to deal with the common problems typically involved in the practice of translation. Particular attention is paid to the structural differences between Japanese and English and to cross-cultural dissimilarities in stylistics. Essential theory and information on the translation process are provided as well as abundant practical tasks. The Routledge Course in Japanese Translation is essential reading for all serious students of Japanese at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Terminal Boredom
Title | Terminal Boredom PDF eBook |
Author | Izumi Suzuki |
Publisher | Verso Books |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2021-04-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1788739884 |
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Thrillist, The Millions, Frieze, and Metropolis Japan The first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon At turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina. In these darkly playful and punky stories, the fantastical elements are always earthed by the universal pettiness of strife between the sexes, and the gritty reality of life on the lower rungs, whatever planet that ladder might be on. Translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O'Horan.
Translating Modern Japanese Literature
Title | Translating Modern Japanese Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Donovan |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2019-09-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1527539873 |
This book presents and comments on four short works of Japanese literature by prominent writers of the early twentieth century, including Natsume Sōseki and Miyazawa Kenji. These are their first-ever published English translations. The book is designed to be used as a textbook for the translation of modern Japanese literature—another first. Each chapter introduces the writer and his work, presents the original Japanese text in its entirety, and encourages students with advanced Japanese to make their own translation of it, before reading the author’s translation that follows. The detailed commentary section in each chapter focuses on two stylistic issues that characterise the source text, and how the target text—the translation—has dealt with them, before the chapter concludes with questions for further discussion and analysis.
Japanese Stories for Language Learners
Title | Japanese Stories for Language Learners PDF eBook |
Author | Anne McNulty |
Publisher | Tuttle Publishing |
Pages | 197 |
Release | 2018-11-20 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 1462920128 |
A great story can lead a reader on a journey of discovery—especially if it's presented in two languages! Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, Japanese Stories for Language Learners offers five compelling stories with English and Japanese language versions appearing on facing pages. Taking learners on an exciting cultural and linguistic journey, each story is followed by detailed translator's notes, Japanese vocabulary lists, and grammar points along with a set of discussion questions and exercises. The first two stories are very famous traditional Japanese folktales: Urashima Taro (Tale of a Fisherman) and Yuki Onna (The Snow Woman). These are followed by three short stories by notable 20th century authors: Kumo no Ito (The Spider's Thread) by Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) Oborekaketa Kyodai (The Siblings Who Almost Drowned) by Arishima Takeo (1878-1923) Serohiki no Goshu (Gauche the Cellist) by Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) Reading these stories in the original Japanese script--and hearing native-speakers read them aloud in the accompanying free audio recording--helps students at every level deepen their comprehension of the beauty and subtlety of the Japanese language. Learn Japanese the fun way—through the country's rich literary history.