Is That a Fish in Your Ear? - Bellos, David
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People speak different languages, and always have. We all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. This title ranges across the whole of human experience, from foreign films to philosophy, to show why translation is at the heart of what we do and who we are.

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People speak different languages, and always have. We all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. This title ranges across the whole of human experience, from foreign films to philosophy, to show why translation is at the heart of what we do and who we are.
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In the guise of a book about translation this is a richly original cultural history ... A book for anyone interested in words, language and cultural anthropology. Mr Bellos's fascination with his subject is itself endlessly fascinating The Economist