Translation And Taboo

by Douglas Robinson

2020-12-29 22:54:28

From the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues Robinson, who with candor verging on iconoclasm explores the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts and shows how ... Read more

From the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues Robinson, who with candor verging on iconoclasm explores the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts and shows how similar taboos influence intercultural exchange even today. Probing concepts about language, culture, and geopolitical boundaries-both archaic and contemporary-he examines the philosophy and theory of translation and intercultural exchange. In the process, he challenges presuppositions about what cultures hold sacred.

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File size9 X 6 X 0.7 in
Print pages251
PublisherCornell University Press
Publication date April 1, 1996
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780875805719
Douglas Robinson is Chair Professor and Dean of the Arts Faculty at Hong Kong Baptist University....

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