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First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processes of translation since the eighteenth century. Both controversial and seminal, it has given rise to a considerable body of secondary literature. For the second edition, George Steiner entirely revised the text, added new and expanded notes, provided a substantially updated bibliography , and wrote a new preface setting the book in the present context of hermeneutics, poetics, and translation studies.

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Translation ... has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task. * Maurice Cranston, Sunday Times *
A masterly and impressive work * Jan Marsh, Daily Telegraph *

After Babel

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 23 April 1998
      ISBN-13 9780192880932
      978-0192880932
      ISBN-10 0192880934
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      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Grammar, syntax and morphology Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics Translation and language interpretation

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      First published in 1975, After Babel constituted the first systematic investigation of the theory and processes of translation since the eighteenth century. Both controversial and seminal, it has given rise to a considerable body of secondary literature. For the second edition, George Steiner entirely revised the text, added new and expanded notes, provided a substantially updated bibliography , and wrote a new preface setting the book in the present context of hermeneutics, poetics, and translation studies.

      Trade Review
      Translation ... has long needed a champion, and at last in George Steiner it has found a scholar who is a match for the task. * Maurice Cranston, Sunday Times *
      A masterly and impressive work * Jan Marsh, Daily Telegraph *

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