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Interpretation [electronic resource] : techniques and exercises / James Nolan.

By: Nolan, James, 1946-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Professional interpreting in the real world: Publisher: Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2005Description: vii, 320 p. ; 21 cm.Subject(s): Translating and interpretingGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 418/.02 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Speaking -- Preparation : anticipating the speaker -- Complex syntax : compression -- Word order : clusters -- General adverbial clauses -- Untranslatability -- Figures of speech -- Argumentation -- Diction : register -- Formal style -- A policy address -- Quotations, allusions, transposition -- Political discourse -- Economic discourse -- Humor -- Latinisms -- Numbers -- Note-taking.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Speaking -- Preparation : anticipating the speaker -- Complex syntax : compression -- Word order : clusters -- General adverbial clauses -- Untranslatability -- Figures of speech -- Argumentation -- Diction : register -- Formal style -- A policy address -- Quotations, allusions, transposition -- Political discourse -- Economic discourse -- Humor -- Latinisms -- Numbers -- Note-taking.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.