After the Tower of Babel --- An Overview of Language and Translation

Author: (American) Stanera
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Publishing Time: 2001-09-01
Features: This book was first published in 1975 and is the first systematic study of translation theory and the translation process since the 18th century. It defines its own research field and quickly became a controversial and highly influential work. Even today, as a modern classic, its status is undeniable, and many of its insightful observations still inspire or provoke thought. Since the first edition of After Babel, George Steiner has thoroughly revised the book, adding new notes, expanding existing notes, and comprehensively correcting and updating the references. The prefaces added in the second and third editions place the book within the context of hermeneutics, poetics, and translation studies, and explore the relationship between translation and the dynamic developments in society, technology, politics, and more.