Description: Is That a Fish in Your Ear? : Translation and the Meaning of Everything, Paperback by Bellos, David, ISBN 0865478767, ISBN-13 9780865478763, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Funny and surprising on every page, Is That a Fish in Your Ear offers readers new insight into the mystery of how we come to know what someone else means whether we wish to understand Asteerix cartoons or a foreign head of state. Using translation as hislens, David Bellos shows how much we can learn about ourselves by exploring the ways we use translation, from the historical roots of written language to the stylistic choices of Ingmar Bergman, from the United Nations General Assembly to the significance of James Camerons Avatar. Is That a Fish in Your Ear ranges across human experience to describe why translation sits deep within us all, and why we need it in so many situations, from the spread of religion to our appreciation of literature; indeed, Bellos claims that all writers are by definition translators. Written with joie de vivre, reveling both in misunderstanding and communication, littered with wonderful asides, it promises any reader new eyes through which to understand the world.
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Book Title: Is That a Fish in Your Ear? : Translation and the Meaning of Ever
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Is That a Fish in Your Ear? : Translation and the Meaning of Everything
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Subject: Translating & Interpreting
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.2 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: David Bellos
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
