Insights Into Multilingualism in Translation: Perspectives of English, Malay, Chinese, Arabic, and French

Title: Insights Into Multilingualism in Translation: Perspectives of English, Malay, Chinese, Arabic, and French
Authors: Mohamed Abdou Moindjie, Ummu Salmah Rahamtullah, Gan Pek Har
Price: RM44.00 ISBN: 978-967-461-872-8

Multilingualism consists of the ability to express oneself in several languages and the harmonious coexistence of several languages in a society, organizations, associations, and academic institutions; it plays a big role in human communication.

Insights into Multilingualism in Translation: Perspectives of English, Malay, Chinese, Arabic, and French is a multilingual textbook and reference book designed for translation optimization; it is useful to translators, interpreters, and translation and language students. The book deals with linguistic theories, translation theories, translation problems related to meanings, structures, and functions in various text types. Authentic examples about translation problems, challenges, and pitfalls encountered in the translation process are provided in English, Malay, Chinese, Arabic, and French in order to determine peculiarities, differences, and similarities of the languages used in this book, which provide insights in dealing with language and translation problems. In addition, such useful examples serve as benchmarks for other languages.