A review by marcuschoo
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? The Amazing Adventure of Translation by David Bellos

3.0

This was generally interesting but overly-academic throughout, and quite a lot of it is actually devoted to the actual *career* of translation. I greatly enjoyed the parts of the book which covered historical context, like the chapter on the Bible - but these parts were few and far between. A lot of it had to do with slightly more complicated and technical topics that I didn't internalise very well. On the plus side, I now know for sure that I DON'T want to be a translator, as the book shows the true nature of the job - stressful and poorly-paid, if a translator is able to find work at all.