Babbling Barbarians: How Translators Keep Us Civilized - A Conversation with David Bellos
By Howard Burton
Length1h 42m
About this audiobook
Ever heard people say things like, “A translation is no substitute for the original” or “Humour can’t be translated into another language”? In this thought-provoking book, based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Princeton University Professor David Bellos, author of the bestselling book, Is That A Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything, many fascinating features of language and translation are explored at length.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Teaching a Man to Fish, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Introductory Musings - On Perec, Chomsky, and other matters
II. An Illustrative Capture - Learning from The Great Escape
III. Getting the Joke - Translating Humour
IV. Probing the Foreign - Dickens, word order, and Anglo-Italian gibberish
V. Films in Translation - Subtitles, dubbing, and “The Bergman Effect”
VI. The Varieties in English - In search of a middle form
VII. Asserting Our Individuality - Language as an expression of our identity
VIII. Translation and Meaning - Extending the Principle of Effability
IX. Mathematics and Music - Pushing the boundaries of “language-like”
X. Language and Thought - Plato, Hopi, and jumping mind-grooves
XI. Paying Respects - Valuing the translator in our midst
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Length1 hr 42 mins
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Table of contents
1Contents
15VI. The Varieties of English
2A Note on the Text
16Questions for Discussion:
3Introduction
17VII. Asserting Our Individuality
4The Conversation
18Questions for Discussion:
5I. Introductory Musings
19VIII. Translation and Meaning
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6Questions for Discussion:
20Questions for Discussion:
7II. An Illustrative Capture
21IX. Mathematics and Music
8Questions for Discussion:
22Questions for Discussion:
9III. Getting the Joke
23X. Language and Thought
10Questions for Discussion:
24Questions for Discussion:
11IV. Probing the Foreign
25XI. Paying Respects
12Questions for Discussion:
26Questions for Discussion:
13V. Films in Translation
27Continuing the Conversation
14Questions for Discussion:
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