This new edition features material from business, law and literary texts. This is Essential reading for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of French, the book will also appeal to language students and tutors.

Introduction 1 Preliminaries to translation as a process 2 Preliminaries to translation as a product 3 Cultural issues in translation 4 Compensation 5 Textual genre and translation issues 6 The formal properties of texts: Phonic/graphic and prosodic issues in translation7 The formal properties of texts: Grammatical and sentential issues in translation 8 The formal properties of texts: Discourse and intertextual issues in translation 9 Literal meaning and translation issues 10 Connotative meaning and translation issues 11 Language variety: Translation issues in register, sociolect and dialect 11.3 Language variety and translation 12 Scientific and technical translation 13 Legal and financial translation 14 Translating consumer-oriented texts 15 Revising and editing TTs Contrastive topics and practical’s: Introduction 16 Contrastive topic and practical: Nominalization 17 Contrastive topic and practical: Adverbials 18 Contrastive topic and practical: ‘Absolute’ constructions 19 Contrastive topic and practical: Prepositions 20 Summary and conclusion. Postscript: A career in translation?