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Translating Egypt´s Revolution: The Language of Tahrir
Samia Mehrez
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Description for Translating Egypt´s Revolution: The Language of Tahrir
Paperback. Editor(s): Mehrez, Samia. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
This unique interdisciplinary collective project is the culmination of research and translation work conducted by AUC students of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds who continue to witness Egypt's ongoing revolution. This historic event has produced an unprecedented proliferation of political and cultural documents and materials, whether written, oral, or visual. Given their range, different linguistic registers, and referential worlds, these documents present a great challenge to any translator. The contributors to this volume have selectively translated chants, banners, jokes, poems, and interviews, as well as presidential speeches and military communiqu s. Their practical translation work is informed by the cultural ... Read more
This unique interdisciplinary collective project is the culmination of research and translation work conducted by AUC students of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds who continue to witness Egypt's ongoing revolution. This historic event has produced an unprecedented proliferation of political and cultural documents and materials, whether written, oral, or visual. Given their range, different linguistic registers, and referential worlds, these documents present a great challenge to any translator. The contributors to this volume have selectively translated chants, banners, jokes, poems, and interviews, as well as presidential speeches and military communiqu s. Their practical translation work is informed by the cultural ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
340
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
340
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774165337
SKU
V9789774165337
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About Samia Mehrez
Samia Mehrez is professor of Arabic literature in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilization and director of the Center for Translation Studies at the American University in Cairo. She is the author of Egypt's Culture Wars: Politics and Practice (AUC Press pbk edition, 2010), The Literary Atlas of Cairo (AUC Press, 2010), and The Literary Life of Cairo (AUC ... Read more
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