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ABC of Translation is an expanded version of a few pages that first appeared in Willis Barnstone's The Poetics of Translation: History, Theory, Practice. This book of aphorisms and meditations on translation is by one of the modern masters of the art of translation. Illustrated by the author. Translation is friendship between two poets, an intimate union that demands love, art and working with a foreign word. Know François Villon's song in French and the cello of his ballad will haunt you for life. Book jacket. No library descriptions found.
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