Peter Ghosh and Jonathan Katz on Translation and Fictionality
Translators and Writers - Translation and Fictionality
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Mr Peter Ghosh, a historian and translator of Max Weber, and Dr Jonathan Katz, a classicist and translator of Joseph Roth explore how the distinction between fiction and non-fiction might matter to translation. Chaired by Patrick McGuinness
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