Books on Translation

I just subscribed to the LINGUIST list and received an e-mail on a book
about translating.  Now, it looks like an interesting book, but why does it
have to be freakin' $70 for a 127-page book??  Grrr.  (Several other book
notices were priced at $100!)  Since I'm not willing to spend that sort of
money, does anyone have suggestions for (cheaper) books or (free) websites
that might cover similar material?  I've included a snipped version of the
LINGUIST e-mail below, so you know what I would like suggestions to be
similar _to_.  :)


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AA


>LINGUIST List:  Vol-14-118. Tue Jan 14 2003. ISSN: 1068-4875.
>Subject: 14.118, Books: Translation: Nida
>
>Title: Contexts in Translating
>Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=BTL_41
>Author: Eugene A. Nida
>
>Hardback: ISBN: 9027216479, Pages: x, 127 pp., Price: EUR 70.00
>Hardback: ISBN: 158811113X, Pages: x, 127 pp., Price: USD 70.00
>
>Abstract:
>
>Contexts in Translating is designed to help translators understand the
>varieties of contexts and their importance for understanding a text
>and reproducing the meaning in another language. The contexts include
>the historical setting of writing a text, the cultural components that
>make a text unique, the types of audiences for which the translation
>is intended, and the most efficient and effective ways of producing a
>satisfactory representation of the source-language text. The
>structural levels of language are described, and the principal
>features of text organization are also explained. In addition, the
>main features of various books on translation are outlined, and a
>chapter on basic theories of translation is followed by a selective
>bibliography.
>
>Table of Contents
>
>Preface  IX
>1. What is translating?  3
>2. Language and culture  13
>3. Words in context  29
>4. Relations between words  53
>5. Translating texts  67
>6. Representative treatments of translating  87
>7. Three major types of translation theories  107

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