Frank Wynne

The translator as spy

Both professions involve double allegiances. The translator constantly plays two texts, two cultures and two readerships off against each other

issue 25 August 2018

  • Sympathy for the Traitor: A Translation Manifesto

    Mark Polizzotti

    MIT Press, pp. 200

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