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Title:
Translation : a very short introduction / Matthew Reynolds.
Author:
Reynolds, Matthew, 1969- author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.

©2016
Call Number:
P306 .R49 2016
Abstract:
"Translation is everywhere, and matters to everybody. Not only does it give us foreign news, dubbed films, and instructions for using the microwave, but without it there would be no world religions, and our literatures, cultures, and our languages would be unrecognizable. In this Very Short Introduction, Matthew Reynolds analyses the use of translation, from ancient Chinese to World English, from St Jerome to Google Translate. He shows how translation determines meaning, how it matters in commerce, empire, and conflict, and why it is fundamental to literature and the arts. Reynolds concludes by revealing how translation is changing radically in our new age of electronic media." -- Cover description.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198712114
Series:
A very short introduction ; 493

Very short introductions ; 493.
Physical Description:
142 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Crossing languages -- Definitions -- Words, contexts, and purposes -- Forms, identities, and interpretations -- Power, religion, and choice -- Words in the world -- Translational literature.
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