This bibliography cites books dealing with schools and training for translators. The majority of the entries are European and have been published since 1960. (CLK)

Describes a notation system devised for translation research, to compare translated texts with their originals and with one another. Also described is an index for comparison of translations of the same text. These are necessary to measure the preservation of information or the loss of it in the translation process. (CLK)

Because of the need for adequate reference tools in the new area of data banks for the field of terminology (there are currently 25 term banks in existence and more are planned), this bibliography lists some 350 references selected from a large number of both primary and secondary sources. It includes some entries selected from a list of…

Reviews a 1974 East German publication on translation of scientific literature from Russian to German. Considers terminology, different standard levels of translation in East Germany, and other matters related to translation. (Text is in German.) (DH)

After a brief discussion on the nature of the interpreter's work, a survey is made of the beginnings of interpreting as a profession in 1953 and its growth since then in North America and Europe. Attention is called to the problem of incompetence brought about by the growing number of interpreters; and to the need for professional interpreter…

This textbook aims to fill the need of an Introduction to Chemical Analysis, solely designed for use in the laboratory. This text presents simple rules for conducting chemical analyses to help students arrive at the most reliable results. This third edition has increased the examples for practice in quantitative and especially volumetric analysis.…

Limitations of linguistic theories of translation are outlined and an argument is presented for the inclusion of an evaluation component in a comprehensive theory of translation. The tasks which a linguistic theory of translation sets for itself are formulated since these provide an ad hoc set of criteria for testing the adequacy of the various…

This study evaluates translations from a European into a Nigerian language. By taking a close look at the Nigerian language translations of Radio Nigeria, the manner in which the Nigerian mass media copes with the problem of multilingualism is addressed. Specifically, the translation of English into Yoruba, one of the major languages of Nigeria,…

A database providing bibliographic information and the source for translations of scientific and technical literature from Eastern Europe and Asia into western languages, World Transindex includes the information which was published until 1977 in the World Index of Scientific Translations, Transatom Bulletin, and Bulletin of Translations. It was…

The main function of contrastive analysis in language teaching should be that of explaining why errors occur rather than predicting error (which is best accomplished by careful statistical analysis of actual mistakes). For example, although both Russian and French students of English will omit the indefinite article in such sentences as "My father…

One year after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics' accession to the Universal Copyright Convention a survey by the National Science Foundation revealed certain trends in U.S.-U.S.S.R. negotiations for their rights to reproduce and translate scientific and technical journals. For some U.S. publishers (Scientific and professional societies,…

This volume comprises a listing of languages of the world with reference to their Bible translation needs. The compilers, the Wycliffe Bible translators, stipulate that the list is not complete or error-free, but that it contains more information than any other list known to them, and it may be checked as they have provided the source and date of…

The R2 Information Retrieval System, when complete, will be a question-answer information retrieval system in which a person, having questions over a pre-determined data base, will be able to receive answers to his questions. The paper concerns the initial processing of the data base for the R2 system and explores initially several simple…