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Amazon launches literature in translation store

Published in November 12th, 2008

Posted by philippa in Books on translation, Culture, Translation

Last week Amazon.co.uk launched its new ‘literature in translation’ store. It’s very difficult to find the store when browsing through Amazon’s website, but here’s a direct link to it: http://tinyurl.com/5kbue3
This is the blurb from the site:
Welcome to our ???? ??? ????Literature in Translation store. Browse here for great deals on top fiction from around the [...]

Recommended listening (and reading)

Published in November 8th, 2008

Posted by philippa in Books on translation, Culture, Linguistics, Translation

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One for linguistics enthusiasts: a truly fascinating interview today on Excess Baggage travel program with Daniel Everett, Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University, US. Everett travelled to the Brazilian Amazon to live with the Piraha people, and In this interview he shares his experiences of living with the Pirahas and what [...]