Comparative Stylistics of French and English: A methodology for translation

by Jean-Paul Vinay

The Stylistique comparée du français et de l’anglais has become a standard text in the French-speaking world for the study of comparative stylistics and the training of translators. This updated, first English edition makes Vinay & Darbelnet's classic methodology of translation available to a wider readership. The translation-oriented contrastive grammatical and stylistic analyses of the two languages are extensively exemplified by expressions, phrases and texts. Combining description with methodological guidelines for translation, this volume serves both as a course book and ­ through its detailed index and glossary ­ as a reference manual for specific translation problems.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Literary Criticism, Writing, Linguistics

380 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1958

Reviews

[Daniel]

Car les études sont éternels et les hipsters ne meurent jamais.

[Cyrine Alaya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Malgré les différentes théories de la traduction qui ont émergé après Vinay et Dabernet, ce petit livre compile toute la pensée de ces deux traducteurs renommés et se revèle surtout très pragmatique. Je le conseille vivement !

[moi, k.y.a. · Rating 3 out of 5]

jʼai eu une présentation sur Vinay & Darbelnet, donc jʼai lu. mais encore il restait le problème des linguiestes qui ne pouvaient nommer traductologie.

[Ayat 🍉 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every translation student should read this book