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Found In Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives And Transforms The World (2012)

by Nataly Kelly(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

039953797X (ISBN13: 9780399537974)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Perigee Trade

review 1: Satisfying, yes -- but I was hoping for more analysis about translation issues (not academic studies, by any means, but rather more insight). The anecdotes are enlightening and entertaining. But what, for example, is the most difficult language to translate into English, and why? Can we chart the number of characters Roman-based alphabet languages need on average to say the same thing (i.e., is French almost always longer than its English equivalent)? Etc.
review 2: I've got this book as a Christmas present at the office for helping them out with translations. I really liked all the anecdotes, and the examples showing, how important it may be to get a translation right, even though I have personally only worked as a technical translator. Now every time I will a... moregain come across a lousy translation I will be hoping some managers read this book. It still happens. It is actually quite frightening that even Apple gets it wrong from time to time. less

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