A Guide to English–Russian and Russian–English Non-literary Translation

Dr. Alexandr Zaytsev is a professional translator. He holds the position of Assistant Professor with the Department of Foreign Languages at the Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Moscow, Russia). He took his graduate training during 2003–2006 at the Moscow State Linguistic University, where he earned his PhD under Professor Vladimir Nayer. He has published over twenty articles and two monographs in the areas of Translation Studies and stylistics. Drawing on his extensive experience in the fields of scientific and technical translation, Dr. Zaytsev lectures on theory of translation, stylistics, and academic writing. He is a member of the European Society for Translation Studies. 

PREFACE.- CHAPTER 1. TRANSLATION AND CHEESE.- CHAPTER 2. TYPES OF TRANSLATION: AN OVERVIEW.- §2.1. Types of translation summarized in a diagram.- §2.2. R. Jakobson’s approach.- §2.3. Machine translation vs. human translation.- §2.4. ‘Stylistic’ types of translation.- §2.5. ‘Psycholinguistic’ types of translation.- CHAPTER 3. WHAT IS IT THAT WE TRANSLATE? .- §3.1. The problem of terminology.- §3.2. The notion of ‘speech product’.- §3.3. Speech product as a complex communicative entity.- CHAPTER 4. WRITTEN TRANSLATION OF NON-LITERARY SPEECH PRODUCTS.- §4.1. Can you translate word-for-word?.- §4.2. The three stages in the process of translation.- CHAPTER 5. TEACHING AND STUDYING ENGLISH-RUSSIAN AND RUSSIAN-ENGLISH NON-LITERARY TRANSLATION.- §5.1. Notes to Educators.- §5.2. Notes to Trainees.- §5.3. Sample Assignments.- REFERENCES.