The book, A Textbook of Translation, was written by Peter Newmark, published in 1988. As a textbook, it discusses topics as follows:

The Analysis of a Text

The Process of Translation

Language Functions, Text-categories and Text-types

Translation Methods

The Unit of Translation and Discourse Analysis

Literal Translation

The Other Translation Procedures

Translation and Culture

The Translation of Metaphors

The Use of Componential Analysis in Translation

The Application of Case Grammar to Translation

The Translation of Neologisms

Technical Translation

The Translation ofSerious Literature and Authoritative Statements

Reference Books and their Uses; Tracing the 'Unfindable' Word

Translation Criticism

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