Mundos en palabras offers advanced students of Spanish a challenging yet practical course in translation from English into Spanish. The course provides students with a well-structured, step-by-step guide to Spanish translation which will enhance and refine their language skills while introducing them to some of the key concepts and debates in translation theory and practice. Each chapter presents a rich variety of practical tasks, supported by concise, focused discussion of key points relating to a particular translation issue or text type. Shorter targeted activities are combined with lengthier translation practice. Throughout the book, learners will find a wealth of material from a range of genres and text types, including literary, expository, persuasive and audiovisual texts. An answer key to activities, as well as supplementary material and Teachers’ Notes are provided in the companion website. The book covers common areas of difficulty including: Frequent grammatical errors. Calques and loan words. Denotation and connotation. Idioms. Linguistic varieties. Cultural references. Style and register. Suitable both for classroom use and self-study, Mundos en palabras is ideal for advanced undergraduate students of Spanish, and for any advanced learners wishing to acquire translation competence while enhancing their linguistic skills.

Product Description: This book is designed to help doctors, nurses, and medical assistants communicate in Spanish with Latino patients and their families who have little or no command of English. Fully updated text includes the addition of vocabulary for informing families about patients' medical care or death; instructing patients on how to navigate online forms; a sample disclosure and consent form in both Spanish and English; and a new section on working with medical interpreters...read more

Covers basic Spanish language skills such as pronunciation, common expressions, grammar and vocabulary, and includes exercises, chapter-ending quizzes, and a final exam.

Offers eighty thousand entries highlighting Latin American Spanish, tables of regular and irregular verbs, and sections on numbers and common abbreviations

Nana By Emile Zola

Product Description: The Living Language daily calendar makes it fun and easy to learn and improve Spanish vocabulary and language skills day by day.Whether you want to order from a Spanish menu or brush up for a trip to Seville, learning and improving language skills is rewarding...read more

Product Description: Learning Spanish becomes a whole lot less painful when students have this guide in hand. They'll start speaking and understanding Spanish as they complete fun-to-answer questions; develop "word power" as they learn more about the people and culture of Spain and Latin America; test their progress with fun quizzes and games; and more...read more

Written for intermediate students taking Spanish on a high school or college level, this book can be used in the classroom as a main text or as a textbook supplement. It covers every aspect of Spanish grammar and correct usage, beginning with verbs and analyzing verb tenses, the passive voice, reflexive verbs, verb formations in the subjunctive mood, imperative command verb forms, and uses of verb infinitives. Major topics that follow cover nouns, modifiers, and the other parts of speech, interrogative forms, words that express negation, feminine forms, demonstratives and possessives, pronouns, diminutive and augmentative word formations, and more. Contemporary idioms are interspersed throughout the text, and the book's many exercises give students plenty of solid practice. Cartoon illustrations throughout the book help to demonstrate points of Spanish grammar.