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Translation Thursday, January 10th, 2008

Presenters:
William Kremer and Amber Barnfather

Guests:
Mark Shuttleworth
Course Leader, MSc in Translation, Imperial College, London

Programme Summary
How do you know if you are reading a bad translation? What skills does a good translator need to have? Are there any words that are untranslatable?

William and Amber will be tackling these questions and more, with Mark Shuttleworth, author of the Dictionary of Translation Studies

Links
Translation studies at Imperial College, London*

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