Translating & Interpreting eBooks

In Translation

Translators on Their Work and What It Means

Edited by Esther Allen, Susan Bernofsky ...

The most comprehensive collection of perspectives on translation to date, this anthology features essays by some of the world's most skillful writers and translators, including Haruki Murakami, Alice Kaplan, Peter Cole, Eliot Weinberger, Forrest Gander, Clare Cavanagh, David Bellos, and José Manuel Prieto. Discussing the process and possibilities of their art, they cast translation as a fine ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

The most comprehensive collection of perspectives on translation to date, this anthology features essays by some of the world's most skillful writers and translators, including Haruki Murakami, Alice Kaplan, Peter Cole, Eliot Weinberger, Forrest Gander, Clare Cavanagh, David Bellos, and José Manuel Prieto. Discussing the process and possibilities of their art, they cast translation as a fine
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Rainer Maria Rilke's <I>The Book of Hours</I>

A New Translation with Commentary

by Rainer Maria Rilke ...

Translated by Susan Ranson ...

Rainer Maria Rilke is arguably the most important modern German-language poet. His New Poems, Duino Elegies, and Sonnets to Orpheus are pillars of 20th-century poetry. Yet his earlier verse is less known. The Bookof Hours, written in three bursts between 1899 and 1903, is Rilke's most formative work, covering a crucial period in his rapid ascent from fin-de-siècle epigone to distinctive modern ... Read more

$27.19 CAD

Rainer Maria Rilke is arguably the most important modern German-language poet. His New Poems, Duino Elegies, and Sonnets to Orpheus are pillars of 20th-century poetry. Yet his earlier verse is less known. The Bookof Hours, written in three bursts between 1899 and 1903, is Rilke's most formative work, covering a crucial period in his rapid ascent from fin-de-siècle epigone to distinctive modern
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Spanish Visual Dictionary

A photo guide to everyday words and phrases in Spanish

by Collins Dictionaries ...

Series series Collins Visual Dictionary
A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Spanish. This attractive ebook is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to Spain and Spanish language and culture.Everyday words are arranged in themes with carefully selected up-to-date images to illustrate key words and phrases, and an English and Spanish index help you to find words quickly as you learn.3,000 essential ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in Spanish. This attractive ebook is a perfect travel companion and provides a practical guide to Spain and Spanish language and culture.Everyday words are arranged in themes with carefully selected up-to-date images to illustrate key words and phrases, and an English and Spanish index help you to find words quickly as you learn.3,000 essential
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The Bonjour Effect

The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed

by Julie Barlow, Jean-Benoit Nadeau ...

Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters.
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The Bible Doesn't Say That

40 Biblical Mistranslations, Misconceptions, and Other Misunderstandings

by Joel M. Hoffman ...

A "witty and accessible look at Scripture" that explores what the Bible meant before two millennia of mistranslations and misinterpretations ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In this fascinating book, acclaimed translator and biblical scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman walks the reader through dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible. In forty short, ... Read more

$19.19 CAD

A "witty and accessible look at Scripture" that explores what the Bible meant before two millennia of mistranslations and misinterpretations ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).In this fascinating book, acclaimed translator and biblical scholar Dr. Joel M. Hoffman walks the reader through dozens of mistranslations, misconceptions, and other misunderstandings about the Bible. In forty short,
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?

Translation and the Meaning of Everything

by David Bellos ...

People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not
... Read more
Dreaming in Chinese

Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language

by Deborah Fallows ...

Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and ... Read more

$15.39 CAD

Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and
... Read more
The Naughty Little Book of Gaelic

All the Scottish Gaelic You Need to Curse, Swear, Drink, Smoke and Fool Around

by Michael Newton, PhD ...

Scottish Highlanders, and their descendants all over the world, are no better and no worse than any other people where “sinful” behaviour is concerned. Standards of morality and social conventions changed dramatically during the 19th century – and most of the people engaged in recording and commenting upon Highland life and tradition were puritanical ministers and priests who left out the racy ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Scottish Highlanders, and their descendants all over the world, are no better and no worse than any other people where “sinful” behaviour is concerned. Standards of morality and social conventions changed dramatically during the 19th century – and most of the people engaged in recording and commenting upon Highland life and tradition were puritanical ministers and priests who left out the racy
... Read more
Idioms in the Bible Explained and a Key to the Original Gospels

by George M. Lamsa ...

Explanations of nearly 1,000 ancient idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech in the Old and New Testaments, from a renowned Bible translator.George M. Lamsa, who was raised speaking Aramaic in a community that followed customs largely unchanged since the times of Christ, offers accurate translations of important idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech found in the Scripture—and provides clear ... Read more

$2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explanations of nearly 1,000 ancient idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech in the Old and New Testaments, from a renowned Bible translator.George M. Lamsa, who was raised speaking Aramaic in a community that followed customs largely unchanged since the times of Christ, offers accurate translations of important idioms, metaphors, and figures of speech found in the Scripture—and provides clear
... Read more
They Divided the Sky

A Novel by Christa Wolf

by Christa Wolf ...

Translated by Luise von Flotow ...

Series series Literary Translation
First published in 1963, in East Germany, They Divided the Sky tells the story of a young couple, living in the new, socialist, East Germany, whose relationship is tested to the extreme not only because of the political positions they gradually develop but, very concretely, by the Berlin Wall, which went up on August 13, 1961.The story is set in 1960 and 1961, a moment of high political cold war ... Read more

$15.19 CAD

First published in 1963, in East Germany, They Divided the Sky tells the story of a young couple, living in the new, socialist, East Germany, whose relationship is tested to the extreme not only because of the political positions they gradually develop but, very concretely, by the Berlin Wall, which went up on August 13, 1961.The story is set in 1960 and 1961, a moment of high political cold war
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Histoires en Anglais pour Débutants

by Daria Galek ...

Bienvenue dans le livre "Histoires en Anglais pour Débutants". Cette collection unique contient 40 histoires soigneusement sélectionnées pour vous aider à apprendre l'anglais. Chaque histoire est traduite en français, ce qui facilite la compréhension et le suivi de l'intrigue. De plus, après chaque histoire, vous trouverez des exercices avec des réponses pour vous aider à renforcer les ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bienvenue dans le livre "Histoires en Anglais pour Débutants". Cette collection unique contient 40 histoires soigneusement sélectionnées pour vous aider à apprendre l'anglais. Chaque histoire est traduite en français, ce qui facilite la compréhension et le suivi de l'intrigue. De plus, après chaque histoire, vous trouverez des exercices avec des réponses pour vous aider à renforcer les
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Histoires en Espagnol pour Débutants

by Daria Galek ...

Bienvenue dans le livre "Histoires en Espagnol pour Débutants". Cette collection unique contient 40 histoires soigneusement sélectionnées pour vous aider à apprendre l'espagnol. Chaque histoire est traduite en français, ce qui facilite la compréhension et le suivi de l'intrigue. De plus, après chaque histoire, vous trouverez des exercices avec des réponses pour vous aider à renforcer les ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bienvenue dans le livre "Histoires en Espagnol pour Débutants". Cette collection unique contient 40 histoires soigneusement sélectionnées pour vous aider à apprendre l'espagnol. Chaque histoire est traduite en français, ce qui facilite la compréhension et le suivi de l'intrigue. De plus, après chaque histoire, vous trouverez des exercices avec des réponses pour vous aider à renforcer les
... Read more
Learning Sign Language

Tips for learning American Sign Language and other signed languages

by J. David Peach ...

Learning Sign Language is a great resource of tips and tricks for those taking classes or who are interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL). Instead of an instructional book on using sign language, this is a manual that helps the student know how to learn signs.If the interest of the student is to learn a signed language other than ASL this book is still a tremendous resource. Many ... Read more

$4.06 CAD

Learning Sign Language is a great resource of tips and tricks for those taking classes or who are interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL). Instead of an instructional book on using sign language, this is a manual that helps the student know how to learn signs.If the interest of the student is to learn a signed language other than ASL this book is still a tremendous resource. Many
... Read more
Anglais ( L’Anglais Facile a Lire ) 400 Mots Fréquents (4 Livres en 1 Super Pack)

400 mots fréquents en anglais expliqués en français avec texte bilingue

by Mobile Library ...

Series series Foreign Language Learning Guides
Above | Below = Ci-dessus | Au dessous deComprenez-vous ces premiers mots en anglais?Oui, vous l'avez fait!Comment?Parce qu'il l'a lu en utilisant une nouvelle technique: lecture bilingue (texte parallèle).Comment ça marche?C'est simple: la lecture bilingue fonctionne en lisant deux versions du même livre ou du même texte en même temps.Une version est dans la langue que vous voulez apprendre (dans ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Above | Below = Ci-dessus | Au dessous deComprenez-vous ces premiers mots en anglais?Oui, vous l'avez fait!Comment?Parce qu'il l'a lu en utilisant une nouvelle technique: lecture bilingue (texte parallèle).Comment ça marche?C'est simple: la lecture bilingue fonctionne en lisant deux versions du même livre ou du même texte en même temps.Une version est dans la langue que vous voulez apprendre (dans
... Read more
Queering Translation, Translating the Queer

Theory, Practice, Activism

Edited by Brian James Baer, Klaus Kaindl ...

This groundbreaking work is the first full book-length publication to critically engage in the emerging field of research on the queer aspects of translation and interpreting studies. The volume presents a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives through fifteen contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field to demonstrate the interconnectedness between ... Read more

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This groundbreaking work is the first full book-length publication to critically engage in the emerging field of research on the queer aspects of translation and interpreting studies. The volume presents a variety of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives through fifteen contributions from both established and up-and-coming scholars in the field to demonstrate the interconnectedness between
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The Dao De Jing

Laozi's Book of Life: A New Translation from the Ancient Chinese

by J H. Huang ...

A groundbreaking and superlatively accurate new translation of Laozi’s The Dao De Jing, from the bestselling translator of The Art of War, promising to be the first English edition based on direct translation from the oldest known copies of the ancient Chinese text.One of the most significant and popular books in the history of human thought, a cornerstone of Eastern philosophy, and China’s ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

A groundbreaking and superlatively accurate new translation of Laozi’s The Dao De Jing, from the bestselling translator of The Art of War, promising to be the first English edition based on direct translation from the oldest known copies of the ancient Chinese text.One of the most significant and popular books in the history of human thought, a cornerstone of Eastern philosophy, and China’s
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Don't Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language

by David Shariatmadari ...

A linguist’s entertaining and highly informed guide to what languages are and how they function.Think you know language? Think again.There are languages that change when your mother-in-law is present.The language you speak could make you more prone to accidents.Swear words are produced in a special part of your brain.Over the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge. ... Read more

$28.09 CAD

A linguist’s entertaining and highly informed guide to what languages are and how they function.Think you know language? Think again.There are languages that change when your mother-in-law is present.The language you speak could make you more prone to accidents.Swear words are produced in a special part of your brain.Over the past few decades, we have reached new frontiers of linguistic knowledge.
... Read more
Found in Translation

How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

by Nataly Kelly, Jost Zetzsche ...

Translation. It’s everywhere we look, but seldom seen—until now. Found in Translation reveals the surprising and complex ways that translation shapes the world. Covering everything from holy books to hurricane warnings and poetry to peace treaties, Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche offer language lovers and pop culture fans alike an insider’s view of the ways in which translation spreads culture, ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Translation. It’s everywhere we look, but seldom seen—until now. Found in Translation reveals the surprising and complex ways that translation shapes the world. Covering everything from holy books to hurricane warnings and poetry to peace treaties, Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche offer language lovers and pop culture fans alike an insider’s view of the ways in which translation spreads culture,
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Epictetus

A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life

by A. A. Long ...

The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the thought of Epictetus for a broad readership. Long's fresh and vivid translations of a selection of the ... Read more

$35.19 CAD

The philosophy of Epictetus, a freed slave in the Roman Empire, has been profoundly influential on Western thought: it offers not only stimulating ideas but practical guidance in living one's life. A. A. Long, a leading scholar of later ancient philosophy, gives the definitive presentation of the thought of Epictetus for a broad readership. Long's fresh and vivid translations of a selection of the
... Read more
Learn German - Bilingual Book (German - English) The Adventures of Julius Caesar

by Bilinguals ...

Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn German! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy! Looking for a fun way to learn German? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual text series features books written German for all skill levels. Translated sentence by sentence, ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn German! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy! Looking for a fun way to learn German? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual text series features books written German for all skill levels. Translated sentence by sentence,
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Short Stories in Japanese

New Penguin Parallel Text

Edited by Michael Emmerich ...

Series series Penguin Parallel Text
A dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first timeThis volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

A dual-language edition of Japanese stories—many appearing in English for the first timeThis volume of eight short stories, with parallel translations, offers students at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.The stories—many of which appear here in English for the first time—are by well-known writers
... Read more
Learn Spanish - Audiobook - Bilingual Book (Spanish - English) The Life of Cleopatra

by Bilinguals ...

Audiobook Inside ! See links inside the book to download your mp3. Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn Spanish! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy! Looking for a fun way to learn Spanish? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual t... ... Read more

$6.43 CAD

Audiobook Inside ! See links inside the book to download your mp3. Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn Spanish! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy! Looking for a fun way to learn Spanish? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual t...
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A Doll's House and Other Plays

by Henrik Ibsen ...

Translated by Deborah Dawkin, Erik Skuggevik ...

A Doll's House/Ghosts/Pillars of the Community/An Enemy of the People'Our home has never been anything other than a play-house. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Daddy's doll-child'These four plays established Ibsen as the leading figure in the theatre of his day, sending shockwaves throughout Europe and beyond. A Doll's House scandalized audiences with its free-thinking heroine ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

A Doll's House/Ghosts/Pillars of the Community/An Enemy of the People'Our home has never been anything other than a play-house. I've been your doll-wife here, just as at home I was Daddy's doll-child'These four plays established Ibsen as the leading figure in the theatre of his day, sending shockwaves throughout Europe and beyond. A Doll's House scandalized audiences with its free-thinking heroine
... Read more
Learn Greek - Bilingual Book (Greek - English) The Life of Cleopatra

by Bilinguals ...

Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn Greek! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy! Looking for a fun way to learn Greek? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual text series features books written Greek for all skill levels. Translated sentence by sentence, the ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Discover the Fun, Addictive Way to Learn Greek! Introducing Our New Bilingual Text Series Each Unique Story is Inspired by a Historical Figure & Written in Modern Language for Readers of All Ages to Enjoy! Looking for a fun way to learn Greek? We’ve got the book series for you! Our new bilingual text series features books written Greek for all skill levels. Translated sentence by sentence, the
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