"Translation into a non-mother tongue or inverse translation, especially of literary texts, has always been frowned upon within Translation Studies in Western cultures and regarded by literary scholars and linguists as an activity of dubious worth, doomed to fail. The study, whi…
Translation into a non-mother tongue or inverse translation, especially of literary texts, has always been frowned upon within Translation Studies in Western cultures and regarded by literary scholars and linguists as an activity of dubious worth, doomed to fail. The study, whic…
Contributed articles presented at International Seminar on Buddhist Translations: Problems and Perspectives held in February 1990 at Delhi.
Contributed articles presented at International Seminar on Buddhist Translations: Problems and Perspectives held in February 1990 at Delhi.
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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