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Publication details [#5795]
Rendall, Steven. 1997. Notes on Zohn’s translation of Benjamin’s Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers. In Nouss, Alexis, ed. L'essai sur la traduction de Walter Benjamin: traductions critiques [Walter Benjamin's essay on translation: critical translations]. Special issue of Traduction Terminologie Rédaction (TTR) 10 (2): 191–206. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in Special issue
Publication language
English
Keywords
Person as a subject
Title as subject
Abstract
In 1968 Harry Zohn published a pioneering translation of "Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers" that for many years was the only form in which Benjamin's famous essay was known to most readers in English. These notes examine certain problems raised by Zohn's translation.
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