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Definition of Translation
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anabritomoura
anabritomoura
Sep 28, 2012

Please is that possible that someone help me finding a good definition of Translation? Books, Authors, etc?
Thank you very much
 
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anabritomoura wrote:

Please is that possible that someone help me finding a good definition of Translation? Books, Authors, etc?
Thank you very much


Begin here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Babel

In my opinion this is the most important book on translation that has been written, in the past 50 years.

Also very important is Walter Benjamin's beautiful essay "Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers" ("The Task of the Translator")

[Edited at 2012-09-28 09:14 GMT]
 


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