Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1788162641
ISBN-13
9781788162647
Edition
Main
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Imprint
Profile Books Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 5th, 2022
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
218 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.90 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
History: specific events & topicsDiplomacy
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Horizon-expanding tales of how translators altered the course of world events.
''Full of lively stories ... leaves the reader with an awed respect for the translator''s task'' EconomistWould Hiroshima have been bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning ''no comment''? Is it alright for missionaries to replace the Bible''s ''white as snow'' with ''white as fungus'' in places where snow never falls? Who, or what, is Kuzma''s mother, and why was Nikita Khrushchev so threateningly obsessed with her (or it)? The course of diplomacy rarely runs smooth; without an invisible army of translators and interpreters, it could hardly run at all. Join veteran translator Anna Aslanyan to explore hidden histories of cunning and ambition, heroism and incompetence. Meet the figures behind the notable events of history, from the Great Game to Brexit, and discover just how far a simple misunderstanding can go.
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