Translation and bilingual dictionaries /

Is the bilingual dictionary really the translator s best friend? Or is it the case that all translators hate all dictionaries? The truth probably lies half-way. It is difficult to verify anyway, as the literature on the subject(s) is limited, not helped by the fact that Lexicography and Translation...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Sin-wai, Chan
Published: Max Niemeyer Verlag,
Publisher Address: Tübingen :
Publication Dates: 2013.
©2004
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Lexicographica. series maior ; volume 119
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110912869
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Summary: Is the bilingual dictionary really the translator s best friend? Or is it the case that all translators hate all dictionaries? The truth probably lies half-way. It is difficult to verify anyway, as the literature on the subject(s) is limited, not helped by the fact that Lexicography and Translation have stood apart for decades despite their commonality of purpose. Here is a volume, based on the proceedings of a successful conference at Hong Kong, that may at last provide some answers.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (vi, 190 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print edition.
Bibliography: 11 schw.-w. Abb., 16 schw.-w. Tab., 11 Illustrations.
ISBN: 9783110912869
Index Number: P306
CLC: H06-532
Contents: Frontmatter --
Table of Contents --
Dictionaries and Translators /
Lexicography and Translation /
How Can Dictionaries Assist Translators? /
The Monolingual Dictionary: A Special Case of Bilingualism? /
Chinese-English Lexicography and Chinese-English Translation /
Producing Dictionaries Using Semantic Domains /
The Different Possible Lexical Elaborations of Computer Terminologies: Towards the Creation of a Bilingual Dictionary /
"Learning" and Lexicography /
An Empirical Study of Electronic Dictionaries and Translation Software /
Bilingualization: Equivalence and Intercultural Communication /
Could There Be a Dictionary Tailor-made for Hong Kong: Both Biliterate and Trilingual? /
Translating Across Cultures in a Multilingual Dictionary /
Cultural Similarities and Dissimilarities of Business Metaphors and Their Translation /
Equivalence of Interlinguistic Symbols and Speech Translation: Differences and Requirements /
Towards "A Greek-Chinese Lexicon of the Greek New Testament" A Cross-cultural Endeavour? /
Rendering Chinese Culture-specific Vocabulary into English Predicaments and Prospects /
The Paradox of Cultural Translation: How to Treat Cultural Information in Bilingual Dictionaries /
Notes on Contributors.