Equivalence of Interlinguistic Symbols and Speech Translation: Differences and Requirements

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Dictionaries and Translators 1
4. Part I: Translation and Bilingual Dictionaries
5. Lexicography and Translation 7
6. How Can Dictionaries Assist Translators? 23
7. The Monolingual Dictionary: A Special Case of Bilingualism? 39
8. Chinese-English Lexicography and Chinese-English Translation 49
9. Producing Dictionaries Using Semantic Domains 55
10. The Different Possible Lexical Elaborations of Computer Terminologies: Towards the Creation of a Bilingual Dictionary 63
11. “Learning” and Lexicography 71
12. An Empirical Study of Electronic Dictionaries and Translation Software 89
13. Part II: Bilingual Dictionaries and Cross-cultural Translation
14. Bilingualization: Equivalence and Intercultural Communication 109
15. Could There Be a Dictionary Tailor-made for Hong Kong: Both Biliterate and Trilingual? 119
16. Translating Across Cultures in a Multilingual Dictionary 129
17. Cultural Similarities and Dissimilarities of Business Metaphors and Their Translation 141
18. Equivalence of Interlinguistic Symbols and Speech Translation: Differences and Requirements 151
19. Towards “A Greek-Chinese Lexicon of the Greek New Testament” — A Cross-cultural Endeavour? 157
20. Rendering Chinese Culture-specific Vocabulary into English – Predicaments and Prospects 169
21. The Paradox of Cultural Translation: How to Treat Cultural Information in Bilingual Dictionaries 177
22. Notes on Contributors 187