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Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution
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bookshelves: favourites, must-re-read
Mar 11, 2023
bookshelves: favourites, must-re-read
Read 2 times. Last read January 23, 2023 to March 11, 2023.
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“Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel
Reading Progress
December 18, 2022
– Shelved
December 18, 2022
– Shelved as:
to-read
January 23, 2023
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Started Reading
January 26, 2023
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14.39%
"They just foreshadowed the academy burning down and losing decades worth of linguistic research, I will sob if that happens"
page
78
January 26, 2023
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24.35%
"This book is outstanding so far, just all the commentary and lush explanations and detail are fantastic. And just the learning environment and peers engaging in well thought out intellectual discussions is just 🥹"
page
132
January 28, 2023
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31.73%
"Ugh stunning 🤌 this book is making me question my choices in undergrad degree"
page
172
March 5, 2023
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49.63%
"Ahhhh the power shifts and overall dynamic is so well written
I love how Robin himself is so confused where he morally stands with it all, it’s well written from his perspective because you really feel the back and forth that he experiences, I love love love it"
page
269
I love how Robin himself is so confused where he morally stands with it all, it’s well written from his perspective because you really feel the back and forth that he experiences, I love love love it"
March 6, 2023
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79.52%
"This book has taken such a morbidly dark turn and I’m so close to the end that i have no idea how this is going to turn around— 😭"
page
431
March 10, 2023
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85.06%
"I think something is about to happen that I literally called when I was about 70 pages into this book and if it happens I will be SO PROUD of myself for calling it"
page
461
March 11, 2023
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Finished Reading
December 28, 2023
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Started Reading
(Paperback Edition)
Finished Reading
(Paperback Edition)
December 29, 2023
– Shelved as:
favourites
July 14, 2024
– Shelved as:
must-re-read
