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Publication details [#35711]

Mbangwana, Paul. 1990. Cross cultural communication and miscommunication through connotation usage in translation: The case of two African classics on translation. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 11 (4) : 319–335.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication breakdown | connotation | crosscultural communication | literature | translation

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

ISBN

0143-4632

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study discusses problems of crosscultural (mis)communication in literary translation. The translation of two African novels serves as an example.