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\nLiterary TranslationA Practical Guide  \nClifford E.Landers  \nNew Jersey City University  \nContents  \nLa Derniere Translation, by Millor Fernandes………………………………………………vii  \nPreface………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………ix  \nThe Fundamentals  \nWhy Literary Translation?……………………………………………………………………………………………3  \n\"Night Drive,\"by Rubem Fonseca………………………………………………………………3  \nThe uniqueness of literary translation………………………………………………………………………7  \nAn ephemeral art……………………………………………………………………………………………10  \nGetting started ………………………………………………………………………………………………………13  \nHow many languages?…………………………………………………………………………………13  \nSubmissions: a primer ……………………………………………………………………………………………17  \nCoping with bad reviews ……………………………………………………………………………23  \nPreparing to translate………………………………………………………………………………………………27  \nDown to work……………………………………………………………………………………………………………30  \nPermissions ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………31  \nStaying on track………………………………………………………………………………………………………35  \nA day in the life of a literary translator…………………………………………………………38  \nStages of translation …………………………………………………………………………………………………45  \nTechniques of Translation  \nDecisions at the outset……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………49  \nFluency and transparency……………………………………………………………………………49  \nThe author-translator-reader triangle……………………………………………………50  \n'Targeteers' and'sourcerers'…………………………………………………………………………………51  \nResistance………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………52  \nWord by word or thought by thought?……………………………………………………54  \nAdaptation or translation?………………………………………………………………………………55  \nRegister and tone………………………………………………………………………………………………………59  \nUsing tone in translation……………………………………………………………………………………67  \nWhat literary translators really translate………………………………………………………………72  \nWhen not to translate cultural cues……………………………………………………………………………79  \nThe care and feeding of authors…………………………………………………………………………………81  \nThe dubious project………………………………………………………………………………………………85  \nFace time with the author…………………………………………………………………………………………………86  \nThe hijacked author…………………………………………………………………………………………88  \nStyle in translation ……………………………………………………………………………………………………90  \nFiction and footnotes………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………93  \nFootnotes…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………93  \nInterpolation……………………………………………………………………………………………………………94  \nOmission……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………95  \nSome notes on translating poetry……………………………………………………………………97  \nTo rhyme or not to rhyme?………………………………………………………………………98  \nTranslating humorous verse…………………………………………………………………………101  \nOther areas of literary translation……………………………………………………………………103  \nTranslating non-fiction ……………………………………………………………………………………103  \nTranslating for the theater ……………………………………………………………………………104  \nTranslating children's literature………………………………………………………………………106  \nPuns and word 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