Translation as Citation

by Haun Saussy

This volume examines translation from many different angles: it explores how translations change the languages in which they occur, how works introduced from other languages become part of the consciousness of native speakers, and what strategies translators must use to secure acceptance for foreign works. Haun Saussy argues that translation doesn't amount to the composition, in one language, of statements equivalent to statements previously made...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198812531
• ISBN13: 9780198812531
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"