The Key of All Knowledge
Today, Lingoblog celebrates Hieronymus Day (international translation day). Hieronymus (347-420), sometimes referred to as Jerome, was a Roman theologian who is considered to be the first person to translate the Bible into Latin. He is also considered patron saint to translators, librarians and encyclopedist. Cover photo: Painting of Hieronymus by Michelangelo da Caravaggio, 1606.
I have been teaching translation theory at Aarhus University for more than ten years. The class was called “Challenges of translation theory: past, present and future” and it focused on a presentation — and sometimes a critic — of translation theory since the symbolic references of Cicero and Saint Jerome. The class was co-created by my colleague, Merete Birkelund, who is a linguist.
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