A Practical Guidefor Translators (Fourth Edition)
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loginThe fourth edition ofA Practical Guide for Translators, which is now available, sees thetraining and work situation of translators much changed from when the book firstappeared on the market.In 1993, when the first edition was published, educational institutions in the UK hadonly started to acknowledge that in order for linguists to turn into translators training wasneeded at the academic level. Courses were gradually becoming available in order toprepare the student translator for the professional demands to be met by the functioningpractitioner. Although the Institute of Linguists and its Postgraduate Diploma in Trans-lation had already pointed to the requirements inherent in the profession, with the settingup of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting in 1986, the need for the speciallinguistic skills of the translator was further highlighted.
