Le Ton beau de Marot

in praise of the music of language

632 pages

English language

Published March 1, 1997 by Basic Books.

ISBN:
978-0-465-08643-6
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Hofstadter at his finest. Essentially, it's about the difficulties of translation, but it transcends that and becomes an amazing exploration of the beauty and complexity of language. Also if you ever talk to a multilingual person-of-preferred-gender it will get you laid, every time.

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Subjects

  • Translating and interpreting