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Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: A CD with a reading of the adapted storyHelpful notes on charactersCultural and historical notes relevant to the plotA glossary of the more difficult words Pretty, young Anne Beddingfeld comes to London looking for adventure. But adventure finds her when she sees a man fall off an Underground platform and die on the rails. The police think the death was an accident. But who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before running away? Anne has only one clue, but she is determined to bring the mysterious killer to justice. Anne's adventure takes her on a cruise ship all the way to Cape Town and on into Africa...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins hasadapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These readers have beencarefully adapted using the Collins COBUILD grading scheme to ensure that the language is at thecorrect level for an intermediate learner. This book is Level 4 in the Collins ELT Readers series. Level4 is equivalent to CEF level B2 with a word count of 20,000 - 26,000 words. Each book includes:* Full reading of the adapted version available for free online* Helpful notes on characters* Cultural and historical notes relevant to the plot* A glossary of the more difficult words When famous actress Marina Gregg buys Gossington Hall, she wastes no time in introducing herself and her husband to their new neighbours by throwing a charity fete. Everyone is enjoying seeing around the beautiful house and gardens, until tragedy strikes - Heather Badcock has been poisoned. But who would want to kill Heather? And how, in the middle of a busy party, did they do it?

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are shorter with the language targeted at upper-intermediate learners (CEF level B2). Each reader includes: Audio with a reading of the adapted storyHelpful notes on charactersCultural and historical notes relevant to the plotA glossary of the more difficult words Roger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much. He knows the woman he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her - and now he knows she killed herself. When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous Belgiandetective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is.

The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research, with an emphasis on twentieth-century developments. With introductory essays prefacing each section, the book places a wide range of seminal and innovative readings within their thematic, cultural and historical contexts. This second edition of this classic reader has been fully revised and updated. Venuti has also extended the selection to include key pre-twentieth-century texts, adding a historical dimension. Other new readings expand the range of theoretical discourses and practical applications covered, exploring the influence of translation studies beyond its traditional boundaries, in fields such as philosophy, sociology and film studies.

The unequal relationships observed in translation between major and minor languages may result in cultural and linguistic uncertainty, and lead to a feeling of identity loss among those who use them. In this book, Anastasia Parianou examines the hegemonic status of global English, in comparison to other languages, measures the all-powerful tendency of the publishing industry towards an English-only culture, and considers contexts of translation in a rapidly evolving, globalised world. Translating from Major into Minor Languages proceeds to introduce attitude studies to translation research, arguing that its contribution to the discipline of translation studies may assist translators, in particular those of minor languages, to better evaluate the status of their languages, helping them to gain more linguistic and cultural self-confidence.

This collection of essays argues that acts of translation connect intimately with formations of the self and issues of individual or cultural identity; that in contexts in which languages, literatures and cultures meet, we also encounter ‘translating selves’: ways of thinking, practices and understandings, creativity and experiences that (re)define the translating consciousness and (literary) translation. Chapters investigate the relationships between self and translation, from the realities of multilingualism to cognitive processes in the course of translating, to relations between writers and translators; from the creativities of self-translation to the transposition of conceptions of self across cultures and traditions. Structured in three parts, the book addresses in turn literary, cultural and theoretical aspects of encountered ‘selves in translation’, as well as the interactions between them, culminating in a final series of case studies.  Offering an interdisciplinary perspective on identity in translation, this book will be of interest to researchers working in translation studies, literary theory, linguistics and discourse analysis

Translation studies and humour studies are disciplines that have been long-established but seldom looked at in conjunction.  This volume uses literature as the common ground and examines issues of translating humour within a range of different literary traditions.  It begins with an analysis of humour and translation in every day life, including jokes and cross-cultural humour, and then moves on to looking at humour and translation in literature through the ages

Examines the intersection of humour and translation studies as found in the media -- on television, in film and in print.

Σκοπός αυτής της νέας οπτικοακουστικής μεθόδου με τα 4 CDs είναι να βοηθήσει εκείνους, που ποτέ δεν είχαν την ευκαιρία να διδαχτούν Αγγλικά από καθηγητή, να μάθουν την αγγλική γλώσσα εύκολα και σωστά σε μικρό χρονικό διάστημα. Στόχος της είναι, επίσης, να βοηθήσει και τους σπουδαστές, που ήδη φοιτούν σε κάποια σχολή, να εμπλουτίσουν ή να εμπεδώσουν τις γνώσεις τους. Ιδιαίτερα χαρακτηριστικά: • Ολόκληρη η σειρά βασίζεται σε ένα σύγχρονο οπτικοακουστικό σύστημα. Ο συνδυασμός έγχρωμης εικόνας και ευκρινούς ήχου αποτελεί τον πιο αποτελεσματικό τρόπο για γρήγορη αφομοίωση. • Η απόδοση της προφοράς των αγγλικών λέξεων δίνεται με απλό και κατανοητό τρόπο. Βασίζεται στο International Phonetic Alphabet, αλλά τα σύμβολά του έχουν απλουστευτεί, για να διαβάζονται ακόμη και από το νεαρότερο μαθητή. • Η κλιμάκωση της ύλης έχει γίνει πολύ προσεκτικά, ώστε να μην απαιτούνται προηγούμενες γνώσεις Αγγλικής. • Η γραμματική και το συντακτικό δίνονται πολύ αναλυτικά, ώστε να μην προβληματίζουν το μέσο αναγνώστη. • Το εκπαιδευτικό υλικό των CDs εκφωνείται από Άγγλους καθηγητές για σωστή απόδοση της προφοράς. Είναι η πρώτη Μέθοδος Αγγλικής που ακολουθεί συγκεκριμένη εκπαιδευτική προσέγγιση και παρουσιάζει αναλυτικά όλη τη δομή της Αγγλικής γλώσσας. Η πλούσια συγγραφική πείρα και η μακρόχρονη φροντιστηριακή διδασκαλία του συγγραφέα-καθηγητή C.N. GRIVAS εγγυώνται την αρτιότητα του έργου και την αποτελεσματικότητα της μεθόδου.