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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465165203321

Autore

Narasimham Raji

Titolo

Translation as a touchstone [[electronic resource] /] / Raji Narasimhan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, : SAGE, 2013

ISBN

81-321-1151-6

81-321-1408-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

418/.04

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting

Literature - Translations - History and criticism

Criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Some possible approaches to translation -- Chemmeen: its passage through three languages -- Negotiating the language divide -- A misleading simplicity -- The implications of bilingualism -- The road to rebirth -- The god of small things: a wrong book to translate.

Sommario/riassunto

'Translation as a Touchstone' focuses on translation as a creative process, where Narasimhan proposes that translation is an art of highlighting the complex relationship that arises between two languages, their cultures and sensibilities when they are positioned as a main language and a target language.