Tag: translation

Translation is Messy, Which is Why Google Translate Will Never Be Very Good at It

By Ben Huberman Highlight

The popular online tool is great at rapid decoding. Extracting meaning? Not so much.

Misogyny, Translated

By Ben Huberman Highlight

The first woman translator of Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ subtly unpacks the politics of the poem — and of the male translators that preceded her.

The Challenges of Translating Seinfeld for a German Audience

By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight

At The Verge, Jennifer Armstrong, the author of the upcoming book Seinfeldia: The Secret World of the Show About Nothing That Changed Everything, describes Sabine Sebastian’s translation and production of all 180 Seinfeld episodes for German television.

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