How Long to Read Ethics and Politics of Translating

How Long Does it Take to Read Ethics and Politics of Translating?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 8 minutes to read Ethics and Politics of Translating by Henri Meschonnic

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What if meaning were the last thing that mattered in language? In this essay, Henri Meschonnic explains what it means to translate the sense of language and how to do it. In a radical stand against a hermeneutical approach based on the dualistic view of the linguistic sign and against its separation into a meaningful signified and a meaningless signifier, Henri Meschonnic argues for a poetics of translating. Because texts generate meaning through their power of expression, to translate ethically involves listening to the various rhythms that characterize them: prosodic, consonantal or vocalic patterns, syntactical structures, sentence length and punctuation, among other discursive means. However, as the book illustrates, such an endeavour goes against the grain and, more precisely, against a 2500-year-old tradition in the case of biblical translation. The inability of translators to give ear to rhythm in language results from a culturally transmitted deafness. Henri Meschonnic decries the generalized unwillingness to remedy this cultural condition and discusses the political implications for the subject of discourse.

How long is Ethics and Politics of Translating?

Ethics and Politics of Translating by Henri Meschonnic is 185 pages long, and a total of 47,175 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 58% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ethics and Politics of Translating Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 17 minutes to read Ethics and Politics of Translating aloud.

What Reading Level is Ethics and Politics of Translating?

Ethics and Politics of Translating is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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