This Little Art by Kate Briggs

Author:Kate Briggs [Briggs, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910695463
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published: 2017-09-19T23:00:00+00:00

First, there is established and wide-ranging linguistic and cultural competence, so the argument goes. There is bilingualism, or what is sometimes called ‘near-native-competence’, and in-depth knowledge of both cultures. There must also be, for Porter, reading and writing and research skills, plus critical acumen. Then, and only then, can there be something like translation. If, that is, we want to avoid the kind of translation-disaster, the failure that Bussy describes (the quality of any eventual translation attesting to – offering a kind of diagnostic of – the degree to which this knowledge foundation was already in place). I can see the logic and necessity of these arguments. But still I am wondering: is this always how things are? How they should be?

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