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Publication details [#43158]

Pokorn, Nike K. 2005. Translation and mystical texts. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology 13 (2) : 99–105.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

interlanguage | mediation | mystical language | religion | translation

Language as a subject

English, Middle | English, Modern

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.net/pst/default.htm

Annotation

This paper considers the diverse roles of translators when translating religious, spiritual, and mystical texts, using as example the translation into Modern English of two Middle English mystical texts: "The Book of Margery Kempe" and "The Cloud of Unknowing".