Consciously understood - better translated! This proven textbook and workbook with exercises focuses on a core theme of translation: understanding the words of the source text. This aspect is highly valued in translator training, as a mistranslation is guaranteed to occur if a translator does not properly understand a word in the source language - sometimes with amusing, but often with serious consequences. Experience shows that words are the biggest challenge for students - even more so than syntax and style. This is evident in the fact that students often look up many words when translating a text. The goal of this study book is to provide students with understanding techniques and strategies based on cognitive linguistics, which will help them learn to translate professionally. The new edition includes bibliographic references.