| #373840 in Books | 2011-03-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.72 x.46 x5.24l,.41 | File type: PDF | 160 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| an engaged argument for the importance of translation|By wch|Though I am not a professional translator, I couldn't disagree more with the reviewers that found Grossman's "Why Translation Matters" a dry read. She is, first, an excellent essayist, and second, an articulate defender of translation's role in making great writing accessible across cultures, times and languages. In t
Why Translation Matters argues for the cultural importance of translation and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator’s role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, “My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature that is too often ignored, misunderstood, or misrepresented.”
For Grossman, translation has a transcendent importance: “Translation not...
You easily download any file type for your device.Why Translation Matters (Why X Matters Series) | Edith Grossman. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
