Translation as a Living Organism Dynamics and Strategies in the Graeco-Arabic Transmission
Emma Gannagé, Georgetown University
November 5, 2018 · 12:00 pm—1:30 pm · 144 Louis A. Simpson Building
Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication

Building on D. Gutas’ idea of “complex of translations” this talk will show through a hands-on approach the dynamic at work in the translation and transmission of Greek philosophical and scientific texts into Arabic and the creative process to which the translations were exposed once they started circulating.