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1) Adoration
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Simon is a young orphan being raised by his uncle Tom. As his grandfather lay dying, Simon discovers how racist and backwards his uncle is. Simon's grandfather hated Simon's father and claims that he intentionally killed Simon's mother in a car crash. Simon's family narrative is cleverly knit into a news story presented to Simon by his high school French teacher as a translation exercise. The article is read by the teacher about an attempted bombing...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"For some, translation is the poor cousin of literature, a necessary evil if not an outright travesty -- summed up by the old Italian play on words, traduttore, traditore (translator, traitor). For others, translation is the royal road to cross-cultural understanding and literary enrichment. In this study, Mark Polizzotti attempts to reframe the debate along more fruitful lines. Eschewing both these easy polarities and the increasingly abstract discourse...
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Funny and surprising on every page, Is That a Fish in Your Ear offers readers new insight into the mystery of how we come to know what someone else means whether we wish to understand Asteerix cartoons or a foreign head of state. Using translation as his lens, David Bellos shows how much we can learn about ourselves by exploring the ways we use translation, from the historical roots of written language to the stylistic choices of Ingmar Bergman, from...
Author
Series
Benjamins translation library volume 49
Publisher
J. Benjamins
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Series
Benjamins translation library volume 75
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English