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Merriam-Webster’s French-English Translation Dictionary, Kindle Edition (Kindle Edition)

Merriam-Webster's French-English Translation Dictionary, Kindle Edition

You can set this dictionary as your default Kindle dictionary and look up words while reading. The default setting is The New Oxford American Dictionary included on your Kindle, but you have the option to change your default setting to this compatible dictionary after purchase. Access English definitions and explanations for French words with this handy resource from America-s language experts. Including more than 40,000 entries, 50,000 translations, and abundant examples of words used in context, this special Kindle edition is designed to help users understand written and spoken English and French. Simply search by word, browse, or highlight words within text.

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Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition (Paperback)

Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

Amazon.com Review

As a textbook suitable for the classroom or self-study, Michael Scott’s Programming Language Pragmatics provides a worthy tour of the theory and practice of how programming languages are run on today’s computers. Clearly organized and filled with a wide-ranging perspective on over 40 different languages, this book will be appreciated for its depth and breadth of coverage on an essential topic in computer science. With references to dozens of programming languages, from Ada to Turing and everything in between (including C, C++, Java, and Perl), this book is a truly in-depth guide to how code is compiled (or interpreted) and executed on computer hardware. Early chapters tend to be slightly more theoretical (with coverage of regular expressions and context-free grammars) and will be most valuable to the computer science student, but much of this book is accessible to anyone seeking to widen their knowledge (especially since recent standards surrounding XM (more…)

The Translation Studies Reader (Kindle Edition)

The Translation Studies Reader

Review

‘This is bound to be the most authoritative anthology of theoretical reflection on translation currently available in English. The selection of primary documents is varied and imaginative, the editorial introductions lucid and informed.’ .–Theo Hermans, University College London, UK’This updated, greatly expanded Translation Studies Reader will prove indispensable to scholars, translators and students. The volume’s judicious selections provide a comprehensive history of translation from antiquity to the present and the terms of translation theory are critically assessed through a rich topography of subjects. As translation emerges as a focal point in the era of digital literacy and new media, Lawrence Venuti’s Reader offers an invaluable index to defining the past and future task of the translator.’.–Emily Apter, New York University, USAThis is bound to be the most authoritative anthology of theoretical reflection on translation currently available in English. (more…)