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“lynne long”

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  • Translation and Religion

    by Lynne LONG ...
    This volume addresses the methods and motives for translating the central texts of the world’s religions and investigates a wide range of translation challenges specific to the unique nature of these writings. Translation theory underpins the methodology for the analysis of a variety of scriptures and brings important and sensitive issues of translation to the fore. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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  • Epictetus

    A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life

    by A. A. Long ...
    The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the thought of Epictetus for a broad readership. Long's fresh and vivid translations of a selection of the ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Translating Women

    Edited by Luise von Flotow ...
    Series series Perspectives on Translation
    Feminist theory has been widely translated, influencing the humanities and social sciences in many languages and cultures. However, these theories have not made as much of an impact on the discipline that made their dissemination possible: many translators and translation scholars still remain unaware of the practices, purposes and possibilities of gender in translation. Translating Women revives ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Discourse Analysis and Media Attitudes

    The Representation of Islam in the British Press

    by Paul Baker, Costas Gabrielatos, Tony McEnery ...
    Is the British press prejudiced against Muslims? In what ways can prejudice be explicit or subtle? This book uses a detailed analysis of over 140 million words of newspaper articles on Muslims and Islam, combining corpus linguistics and discourse analysis methods to produce an objective picture of media attitudes. The authors analyse representations around frequently cited topics such as Muslim ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Motherless Tongues

    The Insurgency of Language amid Wars of Translation

    by Vicente L. Rafael ...
    In Motherless Tongues, Vicente L. Rafael examines the vexed relationship between language and history gleaned from the workings of translation in the Philippines, the United States, and beyond. Moving across a range of colonial and postcolonial settings, he demonstrates translation's agency in the making and understanding of events. These include nationalist efforts to vernacularize politics, U.S. ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The Conference of the Tongues

    by Theo Hermans ...
    The Conference of the Tongues offers a series of startling reflections on fundamental questions of translation. It throws new light on familiar problems and opens up some radically different avenues of thought. It engages with value conflicts in translation and the social accountability of translators, and turns the old issue of equivalence inside out. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary and ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Audiovisual Translation in the Digital Age

    The Italian Fansubbing Phenomenon

    by S. Massidda ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This pioneering study on fan translation focuses on Italian fansubbing as a concept, a vibrant cultural and social phenomenon which is described from its inception in 2005 to today. It explores far-reaching issues related to fansubbing and crowdsourcing, highlighting in particular the benefits and drawbacks of Web 2.0. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Deshumbert's Dictionary of Difficulties met with in Reading, Writing, Translating and Speaking French

    by Marius Deshumbert ...
    This vintage book contains a comprehensive catalogue of common problems and pitfalls faced by learners of the French language. It is a dictionary of troublesome phrases, words, and idioms with explanations and tips on how to properly employ them when speaking or writing French. This volume will be of considerable utility to anyone learning French and would make for a fantastic addition to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oscan in the Greek Alphabet

    by Nicholas Zair ...
    Series series Cambridge Classical Studies
    Oscan was spoken in Southern Italy in the second half of the first millennium BC. Here, for the first time, all the evidence for the spelling of Oscan in the Greek alphabet is collected and examined. Understanding the orthography of these inscriptions has far-reaching implications for the historical phonology and morphology of Oscan and the Italic languages (for example providing unique evidence ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • The Bicycle Eater

    by Larry Tremblay ...
    Translated by Sheila Fischman ...
    Singularly obsessed with his all-consuming passion for Anna, the object of his adolescent desire, the photographer Christophe Langelier is beside himself. Ten years ago, he failed the test of eating a bicycle for her as proof of his love and devotion. Since then, he has created a photographic catalogue of his only model, complete with a glossary, an “Anna-lexique,” in which the darkness and the ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Translation and the Intersection of Texts, Contexts and Politics

    Historical and Socio-Cultural Perspectives

    Edited by Mohammed Albakry ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book analyzes the impact of historical, political and sociocultural contexts on the reading, rewriting and translating of texts. The authors base their arguments on their experiences of translating or researching different text types, taking in fiction, short stories, memoirs, religious texts, scientific treatises, and news reports from a variety of different languages and cultural traditions ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Identity and Theatre Translation in Hong Kong

    by Shelby Kar-yan Chan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    In this book, Shelby Chan examines the relationship between theatre translation and identity construction against the sociocultural background that has led to the popularity of translated theatre in Hong Kong. A statistical analysis of the development of translated theatre is presented, establishing a correlation between its popularity and major socio-political trends. When the idea of home, often ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD