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: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780822324010
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Politics - Current Events; Translation And Interpretation; Language Arts & Disciplines; Politics / Current Events; Language; Translating and interpreting; Social aspects; International Relations - General; Translating & Interpreting; Asian Studies; Cultural Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Linguistics; China; Intercultural Communication
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.