| #7398490 in Books | 2003-09-30 | Original language:English | File type: PDF | 197 pages|
This eclectic collection of essays focuses on a number of intriguing issues in translation: some of these "polemic" essays challenge certain widespread beliefs and practices: for example, the belief that humor is untranslatable; the assumption that translations are always inferior to the originals; the spread of translations that are more impenetrable to the target audience than the originals ever were to the source language audience; above all, the notion that translati...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget."Borrowed Plumage": Polemical Essays on Translation (Approaches to Translation Studies 19) | Eugene Chen Eoyang.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.