Translation and the Accommodation of Diversity: Indian and Non-Indian Perspectives |
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Editor:
| Agence Durbanisme Bordeaux M Etropole Aquitaine, Prabhakara Rao, Jandhyala |
ISBN: | 978-1-306-14411-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Peter Lang Publishing, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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Translation is rooted in diversity and its nature necessarily resides in accommodating differences of all sorts: lexical, textual, macrotextual, intertextual, individual, social, cultural, political, et cetera. This collection of papers, which deals with literature, poetry, hospital situations, minority languages, proverbs and so on, gives a good picture of how differences are accommodated in translation across languages but also across cultures. They form a good starting point for...
More DescriptionTranslation is rooted in diversity and its nature necessarily resides in accommodating differences of all sorts: lexical, textual, macrotextual, intertextual, individual, social, cultural, political, et cetera. This collection of papers, which deals with literature, poetry, hospital situations, minority languages, proverbs and so on, gives a good picture of how differences are accommodated in translation across languages but also across cultures. They form a good starting point for comparison between translation practices and translation approaches. They reveal how Indian and Western scholars perceive translation.