The Age of Translation: A Commentary on Walter Benjamin's 'The Task of the Translator' - Paperback

by Antoine Berman (Author), Chantal Wright (Translator)

The Age of Translation is the first English translation of Antoine Berman's commentary on Walter Benjamin's seminal essay 'The Task of the Translator'. Chantal Wright's translation includes an introduction which positions the text in relation to current developments in translation studies, and provides prefatory explanations before each section as a guide to Walter Benjamin's ideas.

Author Biography

Chantal Wright is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick. She is the author of Literary Translation (Routledge, 2016).