Prose Extracts, For Translation Into English And Latin: With General And Special Prefaces (1899)

By John Edwin Nixon

Book Overview

Prose Extracts, For Translation Into English And Latin: With General And Special Prefaces (1899) is a book written by John Edwin Nixon. The book is a collection of prose extracts that are designed to help students learn how to translate from Latin into English and vice versa. The extracts are taken from a variety of sources, including historical and literary texts, and cover a range of topics, such as politics, philosophy, and religion.The book is divided into two parts. The first part contains general prefaces that provide an overview of the book's contents and offer advice on how to approach translation. The second part contains special prefaces that introduce each extract and provide background information on the author and the context in which the extract was written.Prose Extracts, For Translation Into English And Latin: With General And Special Prefaces is a valuable resource for students of Latin who want to improve their translation skills. The book provides a wide range of extracts that cover different topics and styles of writing, and the prefaces offer useful guidance on how to approach translation.Oratorical, Historical, Philosophical, Anecdotes, Letters.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1164902377
• ISBN13: 9781164902379
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"