FOREWORD

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. FOREWORD xvii
4. SECTION ONE : TRANSLATION
5. Chapter 1. An overview 3
6. Chapter 2. Categories of translation 29
7. Chapter 3. The translation process from A to Z 57
8. SECTION TWO: THE TRANSLATING PROFESSION
9. Chapter 4. The translating profession 89
10. SECTION THREE. BECOMING A TRANSLATOR
11. Chapter 5. Should I or shouldn’t I? 153
12. Chapter 6. The die is cast! 163
13. Chapter 7. Here we go! 193
14. SECTION FOUR: BEING A TRANSLATOR — CURRENT (PERMANENT) ISSUES
15. Chapter 8. Of time and money 205
16. Chapter 9. Living in a crowd 225
17. Chapter 10. Professional ethics 241
18. Chapter 11. Certification 247
19. Chapter 12. Recognition 251
20. SECTION FIVE: EVOLUTIONS AND REVOLUTIONS
21. Chapter 13. From P & P to WS & ATT 269
22. Chapter 14. From manual to automatic 291
23. Chapter 15. From craft to industry 307
24. Chapter 16. From the village to the globe 327
25. SECTION SIX: TRAINING TRANSLATORS
26. Chapter 17. Training translators 337
27. What the (near) future (most probably) holds… 371
28. Postface 381
29. Glossary 385
30. Further reading (and browsing) 399
31. Index 401