Found in translation : how language shapes our lives and transforms the world

Kelly, Nataly 1975- (Author). Zetzsche, Jost Oliver. (Added Author).

Summary: Is this book here to publicly recognise that it is because of translators that the world communicates? It would seem so. Jost Zetzche and Nataly Kelly paint a vivid canvas of just how many aspects of everyday life are profoundly affected by translation. Well researched and presented, this book reveals the extent to which the products we use and the freedoms and pleasures we enjoy are made possible by translation. Above and beyond world politics and global business, the book is divided into chapters that cover areas as diverse as space travel, legal cases, battlefields, fashion, medicine, terrorism, marketing, the European Union, Ikea, Dr Seuss, the Simpsons, Twitter, Shakespeare, cinema, sport, religion, love, porn, the airline industry, food and more.

Record details

ISBN: 039953797X (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780399537974 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvi, 270 p. ; 21 cm
print
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Perigee, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Perigee book".
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Saving lives and protecting rights in translation -- Waging war and keeping the peace in translation -- Doing business and crossing borders in translation -- Sharing stories and spreading religion in translation -- Partaking in pleasures and delighting the senses in translation -- Entertaining fans and playing to the crowd in translation -- Connecting the world and advancing technology in translation.