1 Introduction
1.1 About the organization of this book
1.2 Examples, back-translations and the languages of illustration
Suggestions for further reading
Note
2 Equivalence at word level
2.1 The word in different languages
2.2 Lexical meaning
2.3 The problem of non-equivalence
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
3 Equivalence above word level
3.1 Collocation
3.2 Idioms and fixed expressions
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
4 Grammatical equivalence
4.1 Grammatical versus lexical categories
4.2 The diversity of grammatical categories across languages
4.3 A brief note on word order
4.4 Introducing text
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
5 Textual equivalence: thematic and information structures
5.1 A Hallidayan overview of information flow
5.2 The Prague School position on information flow: functional
sentence perspective
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes 187
6 Textual equivalence: cohesion
6.1 Reference
6.2 Substitution and ellipsis
6.3 Conjunction
6.4 Lexical cohesion
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
7 Pragmatic equivalence
7.1 Coherence
7.2 Coherence and processes of interpretation: implicature
7.3 Coherence, implicature and translation strategies
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
8 Semiotic equivalence
8.1 Semiotic resources and semiotic regimes
8.2 Creative deployment of semiotic resources
8.3 Translating semiotically complex material
Exercises
Suggestions for further reading
Notes
9 Beyond equivalence: ethics and morality
9.1 Ethics and morality
9.2 Professionalism, codes of ethics and the law
9.3 The ethical implications of linguistic choices
9.4 Concluding remarks
Exercises