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Thread poster: Phil Hand
Phil Hand
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China
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Chinese to English
Nov 7, 2014

Very much worth listening to, as always. The first part in particular addresses very directly questions of fidelity and identity in translation, Doug Hofstadter talking about his project to translate a French poem.

http://www.radiolab.org/story/translation/
 
philgoddard
philgoddard
United States
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Thanks for this, Phil Nov 7, 2014

I hadn't come across Radiolab before. They also did this:
http://www.radiolab.org/story/musical-translations/
 
Mariel Varjão Azoubel
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Thanks! Nov 8, 2014

This is a really interesting discussion, thank you for sharing!
 


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