'Full of lively stories ... leaves the reader with an awed respect
for the translator's task' Economist Would Hiroshima have been
bombed if Japanese contained a phrase meaning 'no comment'? Is it
alright for missionaries to replace the Bible's 'white as snow'
with 'white as fungus' in places where snow never falls? Who, or
what, is Kuzma's mother, and why was Nikita Khrushchev so
threateningly obsessed with her (or it)? The course of diplomacy
rarely runs smooth; without an invisible army of translators and
interpreters, it could hardly run at all. Join veteran translator
Anna Aslanyan to explore hidden histories of cunning and ambition,
heroism and incompetence. Meet the figures behind the notable
events of history, from the Great Game to Brexit, and discover just
how far a simple misunderstanding can go.
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