Thinking Translation : A Course in Translation Method: French to English

"Thinking Translation" is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method.

It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St. Andrews. The course offers a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills.

Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline.

Discussion, examples and a full range of exercise work allows students to acquire the skills necessary for a broad range of translation problems. "Thinking Translation" draws on a wide range of material from technical texts to poetry and song. This book should be of interest to advanced students and teachers of French language, translation studies and language in general.