Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ALSO BY BURTON RAFFEL ii
3. Contents v
4. Preface vii
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Part One: Theory and Linguistics
7. 1 The Specific Constraints of Language; The Unavoidable Linguistic Bases of Translation 1
8. 2 The Constraints of Specific Languages 23
9. 3 Forms and Genres 63
10. 4 Prosody and Comparative Prosody 80
11. Part Two: Practice
12. 5 The Subjective Element in Translation 95
13. 6 Collaborative Translation 129
14. 7 The Translation of Oral Poetry 138
15. 8 The Translator’s Responsibility 157
16. Notes 187
17. Index 199