Tag: translation
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Debunking Myths: Translation, “Esu is Not Satan,” and Language Supremacy
Last week, I attended the Nigerian Institute of Translators and Interpreters (NITI) Workshop by association, as I was visiting with my academic mentor, whom I affectionately refer to as “my professor.” As one of the workshop presenters spoke about mistranslation and untranslatable words in Yoruba, we chuckled over the examples the speaker cited. For example,…