{"product_id":"shifter-4-on-translation","title":"Shifter 4 : On Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003eÔEverything we do is translation, and all translations are in a way creations.Õ Ð Octavio Paz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to the notion that the source text is always the primary text and the translation an inferior duplicate, Borges held the view that a translation can in fact improve an original, that contradictory renderings of the same work can be equally valid, and that an original can be seen as unfaithful to a translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat ÒOn TranslationÓ is concerned with is neither the source-language\/text nor the target-language\/text, per se, but rather the meaning that is generated through translation Ð the friction between languages that generates a third text that is concerned with the function of language as a seemingly transparent generator of meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sreshta Premnath","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44303510962337,"sku":"9781312344358","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1re464m2-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1748354020","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/shifter-4-on-translation","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}