Simple words, such as the conjunction ‘and’ and the negative adverb ‘never’, are revealed, through the comparison of multiple translations of a single work, to be quite complex.
Prof. Doug Kibbee is a world expert on the relationship between language and law and questions of linguistic rights and inequality. A French linguist by training, he has also published widely on matters of translation.
Part of a series of five public lectures by our Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor. For details of all the lectures visit nottingham.ac.uk/go/DougKibbeeLectures
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