It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Imperial Babel by Padma Rangarajan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
At the heart of every colonial encounter lies an act of translation. Once dismissed as a derivative process, the new cultural turn in translation studies has opened the field to dynamic considerations of the contexts that shape translations and that, in turn, reveal translation’s truer function as a locus of power. In Imperial Babel, Padma Rangarajan explores translation’s complex role in shaping literary and political relationships between India and Britain. Unlike other readings that cast colonial translation as primarily a tool for oppression, Rangarajan’s argues that translation changed...
Imperial Babel by Padma Rangarajan is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Imperial Babel aloud.
Imperial Babel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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