Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything

Name: Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything
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ISBN: 9780865478763

ISBN-10: 0865478767

ISBN-13: 9780865478763

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Bellos

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An NBCC Award and Los Angeles Times Book Award finalistANew York TimesNotable Book for 2011One ofThe Economist’s 2011 Books of the Year People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbors’ languages—as did many ordinary Europeans in times past (Christopher Columbus knew Italian, Portuguese, and Castilian Spanish as well as the classical languages). But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not much of a reading list in any subject at college, no repair…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/16/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English