Translators through history

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Translators have played a key role in intellectual exchange through the ages and across borders. This account of how they have contributed to the development of languages, the emergence of literatures, the dissemination of knowledge and the spread of values tells the story of world culture itself.

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Title Statements

Full title :Translators through history / edited and directed by Jean Delisle, Judith Woodsworth.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.
Edition:Rev. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 335 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027224507, 9027224501, 9789027224514, 902722451X, 9789027273819, 9027273812
oclc:ocn780289034
LC Classification:PN241
Dewey Decimal:418/.02

Translators and the invention of alphabets -- Translators and the development of national languages -- Translators and the emergence of national literatures -- Translators and the dissemination of knowledge -- Translators and the reins of power -- Translators and the spread of religions -- Translators and the transmission of cultural values -- Translators and the production of dictionaries -- Interpreters and the making of history.

Subjects

History interpreters (translators) Interprètes Langage et culture -- Histoire Language and culture Language and culture -- History languages Översättare -- historia Översättning -- historia Sprachpflege Sprachpolitik Tolkning (översättning) -- historia Traducteurs Traduction -- Histoire Translating and interpreting Translating and interpreting -- History Translators Übersetzung