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George Steiner

“After Babel postulates that translation is formally and pragmatically implicit in every act of communication, in the emission and reception of each and every mode of meaning, be it in the widest semiotic sense or in more specifically verbal exchanges. To understand is to decipher. To hear significance is to translate.”

George Steiner, After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation
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After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation by George Steiner
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