Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece: translating ancient scientific texts
by Imhausen, Annette, Pommerening, Tanja, Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece : Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Alterums, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
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Review text: "To this reviewer, the volume as a whole represents a major contribution to the cultural study of ancient sciences, which is only beginning to receive proper attention. The volume is well produced, and has extensive indices to help the reader."Xianhua Wang in: BMCR …
Writings of early scholars in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, and Greece: translating ancient scientific texts
by Imhausen, Annette, Pommerening, Tanja, Writings of Early Scholars in the Ancient Near East, Egypt and Greece : Zur Übersetzbarkeit von Wissenschaftssprachen des Alterums, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
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Medicine, astronomy, dealing with numbers - even the cultures of the "pre-modern" world offer a rich spectrum of scientific texts. But how are they best translated? Is it sufficient to translate the sources into modern scientific language, and thereby, above all, to identify the…
Heilkunde, Sternenkunde, der Umgang mit Zahlen -- bereits die Kulturen der „vormodernen" Welt bieten ein reichhaltiges Spektrum wissenschaftlicher Texte. Doch wie übersetzt man sie am besten? Reicht es, die Quellen in die moderne Wissenschaftssprache zu übertragen und dabei vor …
"Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of…
"Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of…
"Virginia Woolf's rich and imaginative use of language was partly a result of her keen interest in foreign literatures and languages - mainly Greek and French, but also Russian, German and Italian. As a translator she naturally addressed herself both to contemporary standards of…