Author: Jacqueline Mitton File Type: pdf This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.**

Author: Lawrence Venuti File Type: pdf The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on twentieth-century developments. With introductory essays prefacing each section, the book places a wide range of seminal and innovative readings within their thematic, cultural and historical contexts.Thethird edition of this classic reader has been fully revised and updated andadds a new section 2000 and beyond , which includes five new readings. These new readings bring the Reader up to date with recent developments in the field and includearticles on translation and world literature and translation and the internet. ReviewThis Reader promises to inspire new debates and to remain an essential point of reference for translator training programmes.Carol OSullivan, University of Portsmouth, UKThis authoritative anthology combines a generous selection of classic pronouncements on translation with challenging more recent pieces, offering insightful editorial guidance throughout. No collection of books on translation theory is complete without it.Dirk Delabastita, Pluri-LL (University of Namur) and CETRA (KU Leuven), BelgiumSince the appearance of the first edition of the Translation Studies Reader, it has been the main textbook in every translation seminar I have taught. The new material in this edition, including pieces on the role of translation in world literature and as (anti)colonial practice, increases still further the value of this anthology for the teaching of translation studies.Thomas Beebee, Pennsylvania State University, USAPraise for previous editions This catholic selection of essays is aimed at students on a range of courses who have to develop an understanding of translation theory or those embarking on doctoral research . . . This heterogeneity will also be welcomed by those involved in training in the context of translation practice, where the intellectual need to hone strategies is increasingly accepted as part of the necessary baggage of professional status. - Peter Bush, The Times Higher Educational SupplementThis is a generously proportioned volume which . . . offers a rich cross-section of contemporary approaches . . . one comes to its end feeling that few stones have been left unturned, few issues left unbroached. - Clive Scott, In Other WordsThis volume is excellent for introducing students to the history and themes of the field. - Christina Schaffner, EST Newsletter... a useful guide for all communication specialists interested in intercultural communication as it brings forth numerous examples of problems of intercultural communication and solutions to overcome them. Helping the reader follow the thoughts and development linked to translation, this masterpiece portrays what is intelligible and interesting in translation culture. - William Ndi, Australian Review of Applied LinguisticsAbout the AuthorLawrence Venuti, Professor of English at Temple University, USA, is one of the worlds leading translation theorists and a prolific literary translator. He is author of The Translators Invisibility (2008) and Translation Changes Everything (forthcoming), both Routledge.

Author: J. R. W. Prag File Type: epub Petronius A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars Features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyricon studies by exploring the novels literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception Supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading

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