Interpreters as Diplomats: A Diplomatic History of the Role of Interpreters in World Politics

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University of Ottawa Press, 1999 - 209 strán (strany)

This book looks at the role played throughout history by translators and interpreters in international relations. It considers how political linguistics function and have functioned throughout history.

It fills a gap left by political historians, who seldom ask themselves in what language the political negotiations they describe were conducted.

Published in English.

 

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Introduction
1
Preface
7
CHAPTER 1 The Linguist of Ancient and Medieval Days
9
CHAPTER 2 Europe and the New World to 1919
41
China Japan India
83
CHAPTER 4 From Versailles 1919 to the United Nations
121
CHAPTER 5 Outstanding Interpreters
157
Works Cited
175
INDEX
201
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Strana 10 - ... every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language ; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
Strana 10 - Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up ? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Strana 10 - And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

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