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Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Is That a Fish in Your Ear Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Author: David Bellos
Funny and surprising on every page, Is That a Fish in Your Ear? offers readers new insight into the mystery of how we come to know what someone else means?whether we wish to understand Astérix cartoons or a foreign head of state. Using translation as his lens, David Bellos shows how much we can learn about ourselves by exploring the ways we use ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780865478572
ISBN-10: 0865478570
Publication Date: 10/11/2011
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Faber & Faber
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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An eye-opening, thought-provoking book with insights and challenging questions on almost every page. Not sure he always convinced me of his points of view about language, but it was a fascinating and worthwhile read. Should be of value to anyone who either speaks several languages or has an interest in translation.


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