A review by zararah
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos

4.0

Definitely a book for people who care a *lot* about translation. I enjoyed it but found some parts a little dense - clearly Bellos has thought a lot about this topic, and his expertise comes out in leaps and bounds. It would have been a good book to read while I was studying translation, if only to get a better understanding of the challenges faced in a general 'language translation' exercise. I feel like a shorter version of the main points raised in the book would be very helpful for people who see translation as somewhat of a mechanical exercise, to give them a better overview of what translation is and isn't.