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A Textbook of Translation
Peter Newmark
SHANGHAI FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION PRESS
A Textbook of Translation
Peter Newmark
Prentice Hall
NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY TOKYO
First published 1988 by Prentice HaH International vUIO Ltd. 66 Wood Lane End, Heme! Hempstead. Hertfordshire, HP2 4RG A division of Simon &i Schuster International Group (0 1988 Prentke Hall International >XK ' Ltd All rights reserved. No pan of this publication may be reproduced. stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission, in writing, from the publisher. For permission within the United States of America contact Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. All reasonable steps have been taken to contact copyright holders of materials used in this book. The Publisher would be pleased to make suitable arrangements with any whom it has not been possible to reach. Printed and bound in Great Britain bv A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd, Kxeter Library of Congress Catahging-in-Pubiicariitn Data Newmark, Peter A textbook of translation, Bibliography: p. Includes index. L Translating and interpreting. P306.N474 1987 418 .02 ISBNO-B-912593-Oipbk.)
L Title. 86-30593
British Library Cataloguing in Pubhcauon Data Newmark. Peter A textbook of translation. 1. Translating and interpreting [.Title 418,02 P306 ISBN 0-13-912593-0 Published by arrangement with Pearson Education Limited. Licenced for sale in the People 's Republic of China only, excluding Hong Kong
A Textbook of Translation
For my daughter Clare
Preface
This book has been five years in the writing. Sections of it have twice been stolen during travel and have been rewritten, hopeniliy better than the first time - the fond hope of ail writers who have had their MSS lost, stolen
References: •FromRevuedePhcmitique Applique, Vols. 66-8, 1983 (Mens, Belgium). Amended.