Help me to increase my level in translation ! Thread poster: frenchstuden (X)
| frenchstuden (X) France Local time: 02:01 French to English + ...
HI everybody. I'm a new memeber in this forum; I'm studying english in university and I would like to increase my level in translation class (from French to English and English to French). Have you got any website to advise me about tarnslating (ressources of text with their commentary of translation; general info about translating devices...). Thanks a lot;
[Edited at 2006-10-17 21:59] | | | Some resources | Oct 17, 2006 |
Here is a link to two courses you can follow right on the site. They are hard to digest and you may need to read them several times to get anywhere with them, but they will be of much help once you are done chewing them. http://www.logos.it/pls/dictionary/linguistic_resources.corso_traduzione_en?lang=en You also may want to look... See more Here is a link to two courses you can follow right on the site. They are hard to digest and you may need to read them several times to get anywhere with them, but they will be of much help once you are done chewing them. http://www.logos.it/pls/dictionary/linguistic_resources.corso_traduzione_en?lang=en You also may want to look at the following link where you can find many interesting and helpful articles: http://www.translationdirectory.com/article_index.htm Finally, also take a look at this site, focusing mainly on terminology search, something important that gets often overlooked. You get tips and tricks on how to search efficiently and find parallel texts (useful for analysing other peoples' translations to learn from): http://www.multilingual.ch/ Tanya Harvey Ciampi is also a member here and you can sometimes stumble upon her postings If you Google "translation articles", you will find lots of info and many articles contain links to other resources - they don't call it the web for nothing All the best!
[Edited at 2006-10-17 22:52] ▲ Collapse | | | | Jande Australia Local time: 10:01 Danish to English + ... Some ideas to improve translation skills | Oct 17, 2006 |
Some ideas to improve your translation skills: Go for at least one year of study in another country i.e. England/Australia/USA/NZ/Canada Translate items for a local community group or charity Church etc Teach a beginner the language Try to write poems or songs in the secondary language Listen and learn some songs and sing them in the secondary language Write your resume in the other language I'm trying to ... See more Some ideas to improve your translation skills: Go for at least one year of study in another country i.e. England/Australia/USA/NZ/Canada Translate items for a local community group or charity Church etc Teach a beginner the language Try to write poems or songs in the secondary language Listen and learn some songs and sing them in the secondary language Write your resume in the other language I'm trying to suggest things that might acually be of use rather than just excercises. Answer some Kudoz Read about topics that interest you in other language Hope it helps ▲ Collapse | |
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Christiane Nord | Oct 18, 2006 |
Hi Frenchstudent, I recommend you to read and study articles from Prof. Dr. Christiane Nord. I have recently taken a course with her and she is extremely good teacher and knows a lot of translation, translators, teching translation, etc. Here is a page where you can find so... See more Hi Frenchstudent, I recommend you to read and study articles from Prof. Dr. Christiane Nord. I have recently taken a course with her and she is extremely good teacher and knows a lot of translation, translators, teching translation, etc. Here is a page where you can find some articles she has written: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_authorview.cgi?author=10206 Good luck! Magdalena ▲ Collapse | | | Samuel Murray Netherlands Local time: 02:01 Member (2006) English to Afrikaans + ... Find out what the lecturer likes | Oct 18, 2006 |
frenchstudent wrote: I'm studying English in university and I would like to increase my level in translation class. The best way to increase your level in class, is to figure out what the lecturer likes, and to give him/her that. If the lecturer is a pedantist, do it that way. If the lecturer is a descriptionist, do it that way. Also, try to impress the lecturer by being critical about various things (but not mindlessly so) and having brief discussions with him/her directly after class about this and that.
[Edited at 2006-10-18 07:38] | | | frenchstuden (X) France Local time: 02:01 French to English + ... TOPIC STARTER Thanks a lot | Oct 18, 2006 |
Thanks a lot for all these information. But in fact I'm searching litrary texts (french or english) with their translation and more important their translation's commentary (why this verbal form rather than an other, why this noun....). Thanks, Frenchstudent. | | | Gina W United States Local time: 20:01 Member (2003) French to English NYU offers courses online | Oct 20, 2006 |
You could check to see when they may be offering a French to English and/or English to French literary translation course. Here is the website for the Translation Studies department, if you'd like to contact them: http://scps.nyu.edu/departments/department.jsp?deptId=11 Bon courage! | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Help me to increase my level in translation ! Trados Studio 2022 Freelance | The leading translation software used by over 270,000 translators.
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