Translating Early Modern Science (Volume 51)

Translating Early Modern Science explores the roles of translation and the practices of translators in early modern Europe. In a period when multiple European vernaculars challenged the hegemony long held by Latin as the language of learning, translation assumed a heightened significance. This volum...

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Main Author: Fransen, Sietske (auth)
Other Authors: Hodson, Niall (auth), Enenkel, Karl A.E (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Brill 2017
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