Reflections on Translation

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Reflections on Translation is written by Susan Bassnett and published by Multilingual Matters. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1847695051 (ISBN 10) and 9781847695055 (ISBN 13).

This collection of essays brings together a decade of writings on translation by leading international translation studies expert, Susan Bassnett. The essays cover a range of topics and will be useful to anyone with an interest in how different cultures communicate. Bassnett draws upon her personal experience to explore issues such as why the same things cannot be expressed in all languages, why translators in war zones risk their lives for their work, whether humour can travel across cultures, why translated menus are often so bad and whether poetry does indeed get lost in translation.