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Translation and Taboo
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Translation and Taboo

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Format Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10 087580571X
ISBN-13 9780875805719
Publisher Cornell University Press
Imprint Northern Illinois University Press
Country of Manufacture US
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Apr 1st, 1996
Print length 251 Pages
Weight 454 grams
Dimensions 22.90 x 15.20 x 1.80 cms
Ksh 3,000.00
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From the time of the first written sacred texts in the West, taboo has proscribed the act and art of translation. So argues the author of this book, exploring the age-old prohibition of translation of sacred texts. He shows how similar taboos influence interculture exchange.

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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