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Found in Translation

How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World

ISBN-13: 9780399537974

Contributor(s): Nataly Kelly (author), Jost Zetzsche (author)

Subject: Language: History & General

Publisher Imprint: Perigee

Publication Date: 04-10-2012

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£15.99

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About the book

A lively look at the surprising role that translation plays all around us. Worth an estimated 31 billion dollars, translation is one of the biggest industries that goes largely unnoticed. Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche are two veteran translators who have show how translation affects the daily life of millions of people. From hurricane warnings to holy books, from poetry to peace treaties, this is an illustration of how translation spreads culture and fuels the global economy.