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After Babel : aspects of language and translation / George Steiner. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [(c)1998.Edition: third editionDescription: xviii, 538 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
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  • unmediated
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  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0192880934
  • 9780192880932
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P306.A384 1998
  • P306.S822.A384 1998
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Contents:
Understanding as translation Language and gnosis Word against object The claims of theory The hermeneutic motion Topologies of culture.
Summary: This text presents a systematic investigation of the phenomenology and processes of translation both inside and between languages. Taking issue with the principal emphasis of modern linguistics, it finds the root of the "Babel problem" in our deep instinct for privacy and a unique body of shared secrecy. This thesis analyzes every aspect of translation, from fundamental conditions of interpretation to the most intricate of linguistic constructions.Summary: This is the third edition of After Babel, a controversial work in translation studies. It has been revised and corrected and contains information which should be of interest to anyone involved in the theory and practice of translation.
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Understanding as translation Language and gnosis Word against object The claims of theory The hermeneutic motion Topologies of culture.

This text presents a systematic investigation of the phenomenology and processes of translation both inside and between languages. Taking issue with the principal emphasis of modern linguistics, it finds the root of the "Babel problem" in our deep instinct for privacy and a unique body of shared secrecy. This thesis analyzes every aspect of translation, from fundamental conditions of interpretation to the most intricate of linguistic constructions.

This is the third edition of After Babel, a controversial work in translation studies. It has been revised and corrected and contains information which should be of interest to anyone involved in the theory and practice of translation.

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