Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Part I: Methodology
5. Text typology 3
6. Text types and translation 25
7. A functional typology of translation 43
8. Text-type conventions and translating 67
9. Approaches to Literary Genres
10. Text types and power relations 87
11. Descriptions and criticism 99
12. Part II: Domain- and Benre-specific texts
13. Strategies of translating political texts 119
14. Translating Hybrid Political texts 145
15. Translation of medical research articles 159
16. Translation of technical brochures 185
17. Translating legal Genres 203
18. Part III: Terminology and lexicon
19. Synonymy and equivalence in special-language texts 217
20. Reference corpora and lexicons for translators and translation studies 247
21. Texts Types and media constraints
22. Written to be spoken 277
23. Dubbing and the Dubbed text — style and cohesion 291
24. Quality revisited 309
25. Index 339