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Series of thought-provoking talks on topics that affect culture and society.

Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society

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Four Thought: Series 4

Four Thought: Series 4: Episode 1: Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation?

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Episode 1: Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation?

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Ranjini Obeyesekere: Lost in Translation?

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William Dalrymple introduces Ranjini Obeyesekere in Four Thought in Jaipur.

William Dalrymple introduces Sri Lankan translator and thinker Ranjini Obeyesekere, who argues that a bad translation is better than no translation.

William Dalrymple introduces Ranjini Obeyesekere in Four Thought at the Jaipur Literature Festival. Obeyesekere - the Sri Lankan writer, translator and academic - argues that "translations are often considered a second-class activity, done by hacks" but that, however imperfect the result, making a work written in one language available in another, is a profoundly important art. But there are difficult questions. Is a bad translation better than no translation? Is true translation, in fact, the art of the impossible?

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