Translators through history / edited and directed by Jean Delisle, Judith Woodsworth.
Translators have invented alphabets, helped build languages and written dictionaries. They have contributed to the emergence of national literatures, the dissemination of knowledge and the spread of religions. Importers of foreign cultural values and key players at some of the great moments of histo...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philia :
J. Benjamins,
[1995]
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| Series: | Benjamins translation library ;
v. 13. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Translators and the Invention of Alphabets
- Ch. 2. Translators and the Development of National Languages
- Ch. 3. Translators and the Emergence of National Literatures
- Ch. 4. Translators and the Dissemination of Knowledge
- Ch. 5. Translators and the Reins of Power
- Ch. 6. Translators and the Spread of Religions
- Ch. 7. Translators and the Transmission of Cultural Values
- Ch. 8. Translators and the Writing of Dictionaries
- Ch. 9. Interpreters and the Making of History
- Appendix I - Description of Illustrations
- Appendix II - Contributors, Translators and Proofreaders.