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Why Translation Matters
Edith Grossman
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Description for Why Translation Matters
Paperback. Argues for the cultural importance of translation, and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. Series: Why X Matters Series. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: CFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190.
Why Translation Matters argues for the cultural importance of translation and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature that is too often ignored, misunderstood, or misrepresented. For Grossman, translation has a transcendent importance: Translation not only plays its important traditional role as the means that allows us access to literature originally written in one of the countless languages we cannot read, but it also represents a ... Read more
Why Translation Matters argues for the cultural importance of translation and for a more encompassing and nuanced appreciation of the translator's role. As the acclaimed translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, My intention is to stimulate a new consideration of an area of literature that is too often ignored, misunderstood, or misrepresented. For Grossman, translation has a transcendent importance: Translation not only plays its important traditional role as the means that allows us access to literature originally written in one of the countless languages we cannot read, but it also represents a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Why X Matters Series
Condition
New
Weight
199g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300171303
SKU
V9780300171303
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99-19
About Edith Grossman
Edith Grossman is the acclaimed translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Carlos Fuentes, Mayra Montero, and many other distinguished Spanish-language writers. Her translation of Don Quixote is widely considered a masterpiece. The recipient of numerous prizes for her work, she was awarded the Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation by PEN in 2006, an award in literature from the ... Read more
Reviews for Why Translation Matters
Grossman and others like her continue to offer us enlightenment. . . . [The subject] is passionately explored and patiently explained. -Richard Howard, New York Times Book Review In this slim but powerful volume, Edith Grossman argues that translation performs a function that is too often ignored or misunderstood. -Edward ... Read more