{"product_id":"speaking-in-tongues","title":"Speaking in Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisponibilità soggetta a conferma. Tempi di evasione dell'ordine comunicati al momento dell'acquisto.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a book about languages, what languages can and what they cannot do.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this dialogue between a Nobel Laureate and a leading translator, provocative ideas emerge about the evolution of language and the challenge of translation. \u003cp\u003eLanguage, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe- which one is true, or are both false? \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e - taking the form of a dialogue between Nobel-Laureate novelist J. M. Coetzee and eminent translator Mariana Dim pulos - explores questions that have constantly plagued writers and translators, now more than ever. Among them-\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can a translator liberate meanings imprisoned in the language of a text?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy is the masculine form dominant in gendered languages while the feminine is treated as a deviation?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow should we counter the spread of monolingualism?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShould a translator censor racist or misogynistic language?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes mathematics tell the truth about everything?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e In the tradition of Walter Benjamin's seminal essay 'The Task of the Translator', \u003ci\u003eSpeaking in Tongues\u003c\/i\u003e emerges as an engaging and accessible work of philosophy, shining a light on some of the most important linguistic and philological issues of our time.","brand":"Libreria Fiore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54120384659802,"sku":null,"price":21.38,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/7382\/1274\/files\/9580413482824.jpg?v=1778228338","url":"https:\/\/libreriafiore.it\/products\/speaking-in-tongues","provider":"Libreria Fiore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}