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Translating Jabberwocky

Posted ago by John Gray

How do you translate something which doesn’t mean anything? If a text is written using words that don’t exist in the original language, is it possible to translate that text into another language? This question is fundamental to the process …

Jabberwocky I

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How do you translate something which doesn’t mean anything? How can you translate into another language words or passages which don’t, strictly speaking, make sense in the original language? This is one of the many linguistic questions provoked by Lewis …