Translation theory. A manual for linguists-translators. 3rd edition, supplemented. Alimov V.V.

This manual is intended for those who study the theory of translation in an educational institution and independently. The manual briefly states the history of the development of bilingualism and multilingualism from the primitive-communal system to the present day, the main theories in the translation agency are considered.

The following questions are investigated:

• What is the translation;
• The adequacy of the translation;
• the phenomenon of interference in translation;
• literal, free and descriptive translation;
• techniques used in the translation;
• types of translation by communicative orientation (content), design and perception, by the time provided; Li>
• regular correspondence in translation;
• grammatical difficulties in translation;
• translation of phraseological units;
• dictionaries and work with the dictionary;
• Referee and annotation of foreign specialized literature;
• Fundamentals of editing the translation; The main concepts of the linguistic theory of translation.

The manual includes ten chapters; Each chapter ends with control questions and a list of literature. At the end of the manual, a list of used literature is given. The manual is applied in nature, examples are given from domestic and foreign literature and from the practice of translation.