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Considerations When Working With Books in Multiple Languages - video
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by Roser Caminals-Heath
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Considerations When Working With Books in Multiple Languages - video
The main considerations when translating a book are cultural. People from various backgrounds and ethnicities react differently to situations and this needs to be taken into account when translating a book. Literary translator and author Roser Caminals-Heath advises against translating a book word for word or even phrase for phrase. In her experience, there is much more thought that needs to go into the process.
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