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People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not much of a reading list in any subject at college, no repair manuals for cars or planes, and we wouldn't even be able to put together flat pack furniture. "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?" ranges across the whole of human experience, from foreign films to philosophy, to show why translation is at the heart of what we do and who we are. What's the difference between translating unprepared natural speech, and translating Madame Bovary? How do you translate a joke? What's the difference between a native tongue and a learned one? Can you translate between any pair of languages, or only between some? What really goes on when world leaders speak at the UN? Can machines ever replace human translators, and if not, why? And the biggest question is how do we ever really know that we've grasped what anybody else says - in our own language or in another? Surprising, witty and written with great joie de vivre, this book is all about us, and how we understand each other.

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People speak different languages, and always have. The Ancient Greeks took no notice of anything unless it was said in Greek; the Romans made everyone speak Latin; and in India, people learned their neighbours' languages - as did many ordinary Europeans in times past. But today, we all use translation to cope with the diversity of languages. Without translation there would be no world news, not much of a reading list in any subject at college, no repair manuals for cars or planes, and we wouldn't even be able to put together flat pack furniture. "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?" ranges across the whole of human experience, from foreign films to philosophy, to show why translation is at the heart of what we do and who we are. What's the difference between translating unprepared natural speech, and translating Madame Bovary? How do you translate a joke? What's the difference between a native tongue and a learned one? Can you translate between any pair of languages, or only between some? What really goes on when world leaders speak at the UN? Can machines ever replace human translators, and if not, why? And the biggest question is how do we ever really know that we've grasped what anybody else says - in our own language or in another? Surprising, witty and written with great joie de vivre, this book is all about us, and how we understand each other.

• 作者：棕羊 发布时间：2015-06-24 22:14:53

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• 作者：一卷残书惹夜归 发布时间：2020-05-25 10:13:58

  非常实用的一本小书，对于相关概念的界定并不局限于学术研究，更多是作者外交实践的一种提炼，故读来并不枯燥。

• 作者：Mavis 发布时间：2017-03-12 10:27:58

  有点想栓哥了耶！

• 作者：Torpedo 发布时间：2014-09-28 23:04:49

  蛮好用的其实

• 作者：Mademoiselle B 发布时间：2017-09-24 23:10:54

  Could have liked it better if it got a stronger ending. The book does make me rethink what I'm holding onto is truly important or not.

• 作者：百万沙发马铃薯 发布时间：2019-03-15 18:36:08

  3/12 甚至沒有寫每幅畫的名字...

• 为什么中国不可能有黑水公司

  作者：归宿 发布时间：2020-11-03 20:16:19

  海外安保前几年是个热门话题，大名鼎鼎（或臭名昭著？）的黑水公司也成为国内一众公司的模仿对象。而黑水创始人的这本书恰恰说明，为什么国内不可能出现黑水公司。除了宗教般的热情和专业能力外，美国长期在战争中使用私人承包商的传统，以及911事件后相关任务激增，职能部门转型无力，以及伊拉克战争之后法律上的真空地带也是黑水做大的重要原因。当美军撤出的时候，黑水面临要与伊拉克签署《部队地位协定》，立刻就陷入困境。同时，黑水本身从战术训练中心发展而来，转型做安保也符合业务逻辑。对于国内企业而言，这些条件均不具备，安保公司无异于空中楼阁。

• 很一般很一般…

  作者：踏歌起舞 发布时间：2019-04-12 23:47:14