Tokens of Exchange
Subtitle: The Problem of Translation in Global Circulations (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
Contributors: Lydia H. Liu (Editor); Lydia H. Liu (Editor)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780822324249
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Social aspects; Language; Politics / Current Events; Linguistics; Translating & Interpreting; International Relations - General; Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; China; Intercultural communication; Translating and interpreting
First sentence: By adopting certain naive presuppositions, studies of the asserted problems encountered in translations across languages have often reached dramatic conclusions about the fundamental differences between civilizations.