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Review: The Power of Babel – A Natural History of Language – by John McWhorter
On Amazon Prime Great Courses Signature Collection I watched author John McWhorter present a course on World Language Families and this drew my attention to this literary work. McWhorter is a very intelligent polyglot and makes the study of global
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Review: Through the Language Glass – by Guy Deutscher
Through the Language Glass by Guy Deutscher My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was a fantastic read. It was quite different to how I initially imagined it to be. As you follow the story is constructively builds a
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Review: Translation and Globalization – by Michael Cronin
Translation and Globalization by Michael Cronin My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book, by Irish author Michael Cronin, explores translation studies from a globalization perspective with specific attention paid to the situation in Ireland. Globalization is a trend which
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Review: Through the Language Glass – by Guy Deutscher
This book was a fantastic read. It was quite different to how I initially imagined it to be. As you follow the story is constructively builds a cohesive, rational scientific argument as to exactly how and why different language users
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Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation by Umberto Eco My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is a collection of essays on the topic of translation. It is constantly exploring the role of the translator as a negotiator is
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Review: Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation – by Prof Umberto Eco
Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation by Umberto EcoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is a collection of essays on the topic of translation. It is constantly exploring the role of the translator as a negotiator is the
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Review: Mouse or Rat?: Translation as Negotiation – by Prof Umberto Eco
This book is a collection of essays on the topic of translation. It is constantly exploring the role of the translator as a negotiator is the way he interprets texts for his target audience. Eco points towards an underlying perfect
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong by Jean-Benoît Nadeau My rating: 4 of 5 stars Although this book was written over a decade ago, it is a great study of the French people that is still relevant today. It is
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Review: Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong – by Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t Be Wrong by Jean-Benoît NadeauMy rating: 4 of 5 stars Although this book was written over a decade ago, it is a great study of the French people that is still relevant today. It is an
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Review: Derrida: A Very Short Introduction – by Simon Glendinning
The philosophy of Jacques Derrida keeps cropping up on my reading in Translation Studies. I’m getting a vague idea of deconstruction but really need to tackle the works of the man himself to truly understand his philosophy. I thought I’d
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Review: The Politics of Translation in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance – by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Luise von Flotow, Daniel Russell
I discovered this book in the Cardiff University library and thought it would provide a valuable insight into translation in history. I am interested in general history of the Renaissance and Middle Ages and found that this book helped to
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Translation and Identity in the Americas by Gentzler Edwin My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was the first book I have borrowed and read from Cardiff University library’s Translation section. As a Translation student focussing on the Spanish language,
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Review: Translation and Identity in the Americas – by Edwin Gentzler
Translation and Identity in the Americas by Gentzler EdwinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This was the first book I have borrowed and read from Cardiff University library’s Translation section. As a Translation student focussing on the Spanish language, I
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Review: Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners – by Michael Erard
I am a keen learner of foreign languages and consider myself a polyglot with experience in about ten different tongues. This book focuses on the search for those rare people in our global society who take the study of languages
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Review: Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners – by Michael Erard
I am a keen learner of foreign languages and consider myself a polyglot with experience in about ten different tongues. This book focuses on the search for those rare people in our global society who take the study of languages
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Review: Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners – by Michael Erard
Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am a keen learner of foreign languages and consider myself a polyglot with experience in about ten different
Continue readingReview: Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners
Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners by Michael Erard My rating: 4 of 5 stars I am a keen learner of foreign languages and consider myself a polyglot with experience in about ten different
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The Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Henry Hitchings My rating: 4 of 5 stars About to embark, in September, on a Translation degree, I thought it a good idea to brush up on my rather lamentable English
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Review: The Language Wars: A History of Proper English – by Henry Hitchings
The Language Wars: A History of Proper English by Henry Hitchings My rating: 4 of 5 stars About to embark, in September, on a Translation degree, I thought it a good idea to brush up on my rather lamentable English
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Review: The Language Wars: A History of Proper English – by Henry Hitchings
About to embark, in September, on a Translation degree, I thought it a good idea to brush up on my rather lamentable English skills and thoroughly cast myself into the depths of this book. It is a worthy and interesting
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The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World’s Most Endangered Languages by K. David Harrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars I found this an absolutely fascinating, inspiring tale that truly opened my eyes to one of the planet’s
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Review: The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World’s Most Endangered Languages – by K. David Harrison
The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World’s Most Endangered Languages by K. David Harrison My rating: 5 of 5 stars I found this an absolutely fascinating, inspiring tale that truly opened my eyes to one of the planet’s
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Review: Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation – by David Bellos
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am starting a degree in Translation at Cardiff University next year and I thought I would try to
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Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos My rating: 5 of 5 stars I am starting a degree in Translation at Cardiff University next year and I thought I would try to
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