Dancing on Ropes
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Dancing on Ropes

Translators and the Balance of History

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Dancing on Ropes

Translators and the Balance of History

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'Full of lively stories... leaves the reader with an awed respect for the translator's task' Economist Would Hiroshima have been bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Is it alright for missionaries to replace the Bible's 'white as snow' with 'white as fungus' in places where snow never falls? Who, or what, is Kuzma's mother, and why was Nikita Khrushchev so threateningly obsessed with her (or it)? The course of diplomacy rarely runs smooth; without an invisible army of translators and interpreters, it could hardly run at all. Join veteran translator Anna Aslanyan to explore hidden histories of cunning and ambition, heroism and incompetence. Meet the figures behind the notable events of history, from the Great Game to Brexit, and discover just how far a simple misunderstanding can go.

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Publisher
Profile Books
Year
2021
ISBN
9781782835523
Topic
Geschichte
Subtopic
Sozialgeschichte

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Shaking the World
  7. 2 Comic Effects
  8. 3 The Arts of Flattery
  9. 4 Observation and Analysis
  10. 5 Treasures of the Tongue
  11. 6 The Sublime Porte
  12. 7 Infidelities
  13. 8 Precision Was Not a Strong Point of Hitler’s
  14. 9 Little Nothing
  15. 10 The Last Two Dragomans
  16. 11 As Oriental as Possible
  17. 12 Fifty Per Cent of Borges
  18. 13 Word-worship
  19. 14 Journalation
  20. 15 Dealing with the Natives
  21. 16 Rectify the Names
  22. 17 The Obligation of the Competent Authorities
  23. 18 Alogical Elements
  24. Notes on Sources
  25. Acknowledgements