The digitization caused a lot of changes in our world and our everyday life. We can contact any person on this planet, any time we want to. No matter where they live, or what they do. Different cultures connect on a a daily basis and a lot of chances arise with this exchange – and the risk of a cultural error increases.
But, what actually is a cultural error? What causes it? What are the consequences of such an error? The new book “Speaking like a Spanish Cow: Cultural Errors in Translation”, edited by Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Stephanie Schwerter enables the reader to identify cultural errors and to understand how they are produced. The seventeen contributors to this volume come from a variety of academic backgrounds in music, art, literature, and linguistics. They provide an innovative reading of a key term in translation studies today.
But, what actually is a cultural error? What causes it? What are the consequences of such an error? The new book “Speaking like a Spanish Cow: Cultural Errors in Translation”, edited by Clíona Ní Ríordáin and Stephanie Schwerter enables the reader to identify cultural errors and to understand how they are produced. The seventeen contributors to this volume come from a variety of academic backgrounds in music, art, literature, and linguistics. They provide an innovative reading of a key term in translation studies today.
