Diplomat, Actor, Translator, Spy (Volume 19) (Cahiers)

Diplomat, Actor, Translator, Spy (Volume 19) (Cahiers)
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In recent years theories about translation have proliferated.Â Yet surprisingly little has been written about what it actually feels like to be a translator: to spend one's days devoted to the words of another.Â Bernard Turle's Diplomat, Actor, Translator, Spy seeks to address certain prevailing translation theories, but above all to give a sense of the true task of the translator -- a daily grind that is anything but abstract.Â Through twenty-six alphabetically organized recollections, anecdotes, fantasies, and dreams, he vividly conveys what it is that drew him to becoming a translator, evoking the delights as well as the frustrations of his chosen profession.
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The original French text is included in an insert.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Sylph Editions
Manufacturer Sylph Editions
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780956992055
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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