En Otras Palabras: Perfeccionamiento del Español Por Medio de la Traducción, Tercera Edición - Paperback

by Patricia V. Lunn (Author), Ernest J. Lunsford (Author)

Designed for a semester-long course, En otras palabras provides advanced learners of Spanish with hands-on manipulation of grammatical, lexical, and cultural detail through the practice of translation. Now in its third edition, this enjoyable textbook helps students master the language with updated texts, new exercises, and additional activities.

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En otras palabras, tercera edición, is an instructor- and learner-friendly text that teaches advanced grammar and vocabulary through both English-Spanish and Spanish-English translation. The broad ranging themes, activities, registers, and cultural and dialectical contexts used in the book make it the perfect companion for teachers and for native and non-native students of Spanish."--Brianne Orr-Álvarez, assistant professor of teaching and Spanish Language Program Director, the University of British Columbia

An invigorating introduction to Spanish translation for advanced learners-- now in its third edition

En otras palabras provides advanced learners of Spanish with opportunities for hands-on manipulation of grammatical, lexical, and cultural detail through the practice of traducción (translation). This challenging and enjoyable textbook--now in its third edition with updated texts, new exercises, and additional partner and group activities--presents students with incisive grammar explanations, relevant lexical information, and a wide variety of translation texts and exercises.

The two-part structure of the book allows students to work with grammatical concepts, the building blocks of texts, in the first half before moving on to a series of chapters exploring specialized usage, from sports and advertising to medicine. En otras palabras contains texts for Spanish-to-English translation as well as English-to-Spanish translation. Learning how to translate also provides students with invaluable experience of the inseparability of language and culture. Featured texts include authentic materials such as folktales, news articles, and legal documents that allow students to wrestle with the challenges of translation and learn to correct common errors.

Designed for a semester-long course, En otras palabras will provide advanced students with an invigorating linguistic workout and serve as an effective introduction to the practice of translation.

For InstructorsAn online Instructor's Manual is provided free of charge to those who adopt the text in their classrooms and can be accessed on press.georgetown.edu.

Patricia V. Lunn is a professor emerita of Spanish at Michigan State University. She is a coauthor of Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures: How to Use William Bull's "Visual Grammar of Spanish" and has published translations of literary texts from Spanish and Catalan, including a collection of short stories by Jaume Cabré.

Ernest J. Lunsford is a professor emeritus of Spanish at Elon University, North Carolina. He is a coauthor of the textbook for the multimedia program ¡Salud!: Introductory Spanish for Health Professionals and is a federally certified Spanish-English and English-Spanish interpreter for the United States Courts.

Author Biography

Patricia V. Lunn is a professor emerita of Spanish at Michigan State University. She is the coauthor of Teaching Spanish Grammar with Pictures: How to Use William Bull's "Visual Grammar of Spanish" and has published translations of literary texts from Spanish and Catalan, including a collection of short stories by Jaume Cabré.

Ernest J. Lunsford is a professor emeritus of Spanish at Elon University, North Carolina. He is the coauthor of the textbook for the multimedia program ¡Salud!: Introductory Spanish for Health Professionals and is a federally certified Spanish/English and English/Spanish interpreter for the United States Courts.