Brave New Words

A blog about translation, language, literature, and other related topics. Updated every approximately every five days.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Quote on Translation

The process of translating comprises in its essence the whole secret of human understanding of the world and of social communication.

--Hans Georg Gadamer

B.J. Epstein

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B.J. Epstein: Originally from Chicago, I lived in southern Sweden for nearly 5.5 years, and moved to southern Wales in September 2006. I completed a Ph.D. translation studies in June 2009 at Swansea University, with a dissertation on the translation of children's literature. Now I live in Norwich, England, where I am a lecturer at the University of East Anglia, and I also work as a translator, writer, and editor. Contact me at bravenewwords (AT) gmail (DOT) com.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

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