About the Author
Basil Hatim is a leading theorist in text-linguistics with particular research interests in the field of English-Arabic translation. Since 1980 he has been Director of Studies for Arabic at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He has also lectured at universities throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East. His many publications include Discourse and the Translator.
Table of Contents
Part I: Translating Legal Texts * The Preamble * The Legal Article * Initial and Concluding Legal Articles *
Part II: Translating Detached Exposition * The Synopsis * The Summary * The Abstract * The Report (Person-oriented/Entity-oriented) * The News Report (Non-evaluative/Evaluative) * The Report (Formulaic/Executive/Personalized) *
Part III: Translating Argumentation * The Less Involved Through-argument * The More Involved Through-argument * The Explicit Counter-argument * The Implicit Counter-argument * The Suppressed Counter-argument * Glossary of Text Linguistics and Translation Terms * Sources of Text Samples * Select Bibliography
Part I: Translating Legal Texts * The Preamble * The Legal Article * Initial and Concluding Legal Articles * Part II: Translating Detached Exposition * The Synopsis * The Summary * The Abstract * The Report (Person-oriented/Entity-oriented) * The News Report (Non-evaluative/Evaluative) * The Report (Formulaic/Executive/Personalized) * Part III: Translating Argumentation * The Less Involved Through-argument * The More Involved Through-argument * The Explicit Counter-argument * The Implicit Counter-argument * The Suppressed Counter-argument * Glossary of Text Linguistics and Translation Terms * Sources of Text Samples * Select Bibliography