Italo Calvino’s guide to translation
In a previously unpublished essay, the late Italian master hails the ‘miracle’ of transferring a text from one tongue to another
In a previously unpublished essay, the late Italian master hails the ‘miracle’ of transferring a text from one tongue to another
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