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In:The Fictions of Translation
Edited by Judith Woodsworth
[Benjamins Translation Library 139] 2018
► pp. 67–82

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Chapter 4
The perils of polyglossia

Published online: 14 February 2018
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Article outline
  • The Book of Lamentations
  • Encyclopedia of a life in Russia
    • “You don’t hear the dogs”
  • Notes
  • References
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