How Long to Read Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation

How Long Does it Take to Read Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 47 minutes to read Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation by Linda Jaivin

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

Description

Whether we’re aware of it or not, we spend much of our time in this globalised world in the act of translation. Language is a big part of it, of course, as anyone who has fumbled with a phrasebook in a foreign country will know, but behind language is something far more challenging to translate: culture. As a traveller, a mistranslation might land you a bowl of who-knows-what when you think you asked for noodles, and mistranslations in international politics can be a few steps from serious trouble. But translation is also a way of entering new and exciting worlds, and forging links that never before existed. Linda Jaivin has been translating from Chinese for more than thirty years. While her specialty is subtitles, she has also translated song lyrics, poetry and fiction, and interpreted for ABC film crews, Chinese artists and even the English singer Billy Bragg as he gave his take on socialism to some Beijing rockers. In Found in Translation she reveals the work of the translator and considers whether different worldviews can be bridged. She pays special attention to China and the English-speaking West, Australia in particular, but also discusses French, Japanese and even the odd phrase of Maori. This is a free-ranging essay, personal and informed, about translation in its narrowest and broadest senses, and the prism – occasionally prison – of culture. “About six years ago, President George W. Bush was delivering a speech at a G8 summit, when, made impatient by the process of translation, he interrupted his German interpreter: ‘Everybody speaks English, right?’ ...” —Linda Jaivin, Found in Translation

How long is Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation?

Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation by Linda Jaivin is 105 pages long, and a total of 26,775 words.

This makes it 35% the length of the average book. It also has 33% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation aloud.

What Reading Level is Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation?

Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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