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Re: info oabout transalting humor in Mark Twain
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Gregg Camfield <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:13:44 -0800
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Larry,

You might also want to look at _Mark Twain in Japan:The Cultural
Reception of an American Icon_, by Tsuyoshi Ishihara (U of Missouri P).
He makes interesting points about how deliberate mistranslation can make
a book work in varied political and cultural contexts.

Gregg

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