From language to language the hospitality of translation / Souleymane Bachir Diagne ; translated from the French by Dylan Temel.

Author/creator Diagne, Souleymane Bachir
Other author Temel, Dylan
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Other Press, 2025.
Descriptionpages cm
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Uniform titleDe langue à langue. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/0b10c152-9e43-1b8d-fdfc-f81082db1d95
Abstract "A renowned Senegalese philosopher explores the power of translation to bridge cultural divides in this engaging humanist text. Informed by his own multicultural background - African, French, and American - Souleymane Bachir Diagne interrogates the practice of translation in this thoughtful text. Although translation often produces a relationship of profound inequality between dominant and dominated languages, it can also be a source of dialogue and exchange, including in situations of asymmetry, particularly regarding colonialism, where the interpreter becomes a true cultural mediator. To praise translation, "the language of languages," is to celebrate their plurality and their equality, because to translate is to give hospitality in one language to what has been thought in another. It is to create reciprocity, a shared sense of humanity, and to imagine a positive version of the Tower of Babel"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"Originally published in French as De langue à langue: L'hospitalite de la traduction in 2022 by Editions Albin Michel, Paris"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2025412015
ISBN9781635423938 hardcover
ISBNebook

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