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Publication details [#11803]
Shackle, Cristopher. 2005. From gentlemen's outfitters to hyperbazaar: a personal aproach to translating the sacred. In Long, Lynne, ed. Translation and religion: holy untranslatable? (Topics in Translation 28). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. pp. 19–32.
Publication type
Article in jnl/bk
Publication language
English
Abstract
The author discusses the business of translating sacred texts as an important contribution of the development of conditioning elements of contemporary consciousness. Sacred texts have a special character, defined on the one hand by their relationship to each other, on the other by their distinction from non-sacred texts. The author calls for reflection on the motives for getting into the business of what he considers to be a profoundly serious trade.
Source : A. Matthyssen