{"product_id":"speaking-in-tongues","title":"Speaking In Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about languages, what languages can and what they cannot do.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn this dialogue between a Nobel Laureate and a leading translator, provocative ideas emerge about the evolution of language and the challenge of translation.\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage, historically speaking, has always been slippery. Two dictionaries provide two different maps of the universe: which one is true, or are both false? Speaking in Tongues - taking the form of a dialogue between Nobel-Laureate novelist J. M. Coetzee and eminent translator Mariana Dimópulos - explores questions that have constantly plagued writers and translators, now more than ever. Among them:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow can a translator liberate meanings imprisoned in the language of a text? Why is the masculine form dominant in gendered languages while the feminine is treated as a deviation? How should we counter the spread of monolingualism? Should a translator censor racist or misogynistic language? Does mathematics tell the truth about everything?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay 'The Task of the Translator', Speaking in Tongues emerges as an engaging and accessible work of philosophy, shining a light on some of the most important linguistic and philological issues of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45073902370995,"sku":"9781787305137","price":799.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/61N8dBWdomL.jpg?v=1762882933","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/speaking-in-tongues","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}