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Una contraddizione in termini
Il titolo di questo blog può sembrare un ossimoro. La teoria, per definizione, non è pratica. Nel mondo della traduzione il divario tra l’ambito teorico è un fatto noto che i teorici amano discutere...
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Incontro con Edith Grossman
“Why Translation Matters”: conferme e smentite tra teoria e pratica Il mio resoconto di un intervento di Edith Grossman, sul blog di Tradurre. È stato diviso in due parti, non perdetevene una! I parte...
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What is Literary Translation?
A possible definition: http://www.utdallas.edu/alta/about/literary-translation
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Enter Theory
What is theory? Many translators are suspicious of theory and I think this is due partly to the fear of having someone telling them how to do their job. I do not think, however, that this is what...
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Life in the UK #1: Pepperoni Pizza and Other Surprises
A post about life abroad, on a different blog. Not strictly about translation, but it might be of interest to someone. http://www.lshorizons.com/content/life-uk-pepperoni-pizza-and-other-surprises
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The Translator’s Summer Diary
Plan your summer around translation There are so many workshops, seminars and conferences about literature and translation that I find it hard to keep track of what’s going on when and where. I have...
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Life in the UK #2
The Car that’s Going to Kill You is Coming from the Right (and if that doesn’t kill you, zebra crossings will)… Another post about life abroad, read it here. Tagged: left-hand traffic
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L’ebook: benedizione o condanna?
Lo so, lo so. Se avete anche solo la metà della mia passione per la lettura starete già pensando: ma vuoi mettere il profumo di un libro fresco di stampa, passare i polpastrelli sulla carta, avere una...
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Brilliance in Translation # 1
There is the widespread idea that translation is a merely mechanical process that has little to do with creative writing and that its product is always deficient, a pale copy of a better original....
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