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Thinking Through Translation

Thinking Through Translation

Green, Jeffrey M.

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ISBN10: 0820338427
ISBN13: 9780820338422
Publisher: Univ Of Georgia Pr
Published: Sep 1 2010
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.46 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Punctuated by thoughtful wit, this engaging volume of essays offers Jeffrey M. Green's personal and theoretical ruminations on the profession of translation. Green begins many of the essays by relating the specific techniques and problems associated with translating from Hebrew texts. From this intimate perspective, he forges wise reflections on such subjects as identifying and preserving the writer's voice, the cultural significance of translations and their contents, the research and travel that are part of a translator's everyday life, and the frequent puzzles associated with the craft.

Green combines a contemporary frankness about the financial, practical, theoretical, and ethical aspects of translation with an aspiration to write like a good literary critic of the old school--considering the moral and spiritual implications of the translation as well as its content. Thinking Through Translation shows us, with eloquent honesty, that translation is a delicate art and skill, and presents the trade as a way of attaining insight about history, the world, and oneself.

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