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Contents

Acknowledgements xi

INTRODUCTION 1

1900s-1930s 9

1 Walter Benjamin 15

THE TASK OF THE TRANSLATOR Translated by Harry Zohn

Steven Rendall, A note on Harry Zohn’s translation 23

2 Ezra Pound 26

GUIDO’S RELATIONS

3 Jorge Luis Borges 34

THE TRANSLATORS OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS Translated by Esther Allen

4 Jose Ortega y Gasset 49

THE MISERY AND THE SPLENDOR OF TRANSLATION Translated by Elizabeth Gamble Miller