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2009

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Patience: A Project In Translation, Donna St. Louis Jul 2009

Patience: A Project In Translation, Donna St. Louis

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Translation seems to be a simple process: a translator with a strong command of two languages renders a phrase from Language A into Language B for the purpose of wider communication. Given her intimacy with both languages, it should be a relatively easy task to transport meaning from one language to another. Yet a superficial transformation of language is not enough to create a successful translation; rather, a translator must seek to grasp and communicate the literary heart of a piece, as well as convert the complexities of its linguistic skeleton.

I explored translation’s double nature by translating a French …


History In The Hands Of The Politicians: Lustration, Civil Society, And Unfinished Revolutions In Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, And The Czech Republic, David Merryman, Heather Tafel Jan 2009

History In The Hands Of The Politicians: Lustration, Civil Society, And Unfinished Revolutions In Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, And The Czech Republic, David Merryman, Heather Tafel

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