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Is there ever a Faithful Translation?

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Second part of the What is Translation podcast series. In this part, the question of whether there can be a faithful translation; does the act of translating a text change the meaning of the original is discussed.

Date Published: 27 July 2010
Contributors:
Oliver Taplin, Lorna Hardwick
In Collection(s): Notions of Authorship
Keywords:
translation, fidelity, poetry, classics, greek, roman, Homer, theatre, tragedy, #greatwriters
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Is there ever a Faithful Translation? by Oliver Taplin, Lorna Hardwick at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/there-ever-faithful-translation. Published on 27 July 2010. Accessed on 19 July 2025.

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