George Steiner - To understand is to decipher. To hear significance

To understand is to decipher. To hear significance is to translate.

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Steiner, George. After Babel: Aspects of Language and Translation. Oxford University Press, 1975, p. xii.

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About the Author

George Steiner

Born: April 23, 1929
Died: February 3, 2020
Nationality: French, American
Profession: Author, Essayist

Biography

Francis George Steiner, FBA was a Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of the Holocaust. An article in The Guardian described Steiner as a "polyglot and polymath".

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