Translators through history

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Acclaimed, when it first appeared, as a seminal work - a groundbreaking book that was both informative and highly readable - Translators through History is being released in a new edition, substantially revised and expanded by Judith Woodsworth. 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 va…

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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.

Notes

Appendix II. Contributors, translators and proofreaders.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789027273819, 9027273812
oclc:ocn797915951
LC Classification:PN241
Dewey Decimal:418/.02

Translators through History; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Epigraph; Cover photo source; Table of contents; Table of illustrations; Foreword to the second edition; Preface; Introduction; 1. Translators and the invention of alphabets; Ulfila, evangelist to the Goths; Mesrop Mashtots and the flowering of Armenian culture; Cyril and Methodius among the Slavs; James Evans and the Cree of Canada; A language for England; The emancipation of French; Martin Luther: artisan of the German language; The flowering of the Swedish language; The evolution of the Gbaya language in Cameroon.

Hebrew: a modern language for IsraelJoost van den Vondel and the Dutch Golden Age; Translating Shakespeare to/on the European Continent; Changing sides: the case of Ireland; Speaking intimately to the Scottish soul -- in translation; Jorge Luis Borges and the birth of Argentine literature; Translation and cultural exchange in African literatures; China: importing knowledge through translation; India: at the crossroads of translation; Baghdad: centre of Arabic translation; Medieval Spain: cultural exchange and rebirth; The Nordic countries: breaking down the barriers of isolation.

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