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untranslatability: a standalone construct

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Comparative literature

the resistance of key terms and texts to equivalence across languages, used to question world literature's assumption that everything translates smoothly.

In comparative literature, untranslatability refers to the resistance of key terms and texts to equivalence across languages, used to question world literature's assumption that everything translates smoothly. This meaning comes from Apter (2013) in Against World Literature On The Politics Of Untranslatability.[1]

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equivalence1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructresistance4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructsworld literature1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

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  1. Apter, E. (2013). Against World Literature On The Politics Of Untranslatability. Verso. ISBN 9781844679706

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