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World Service,26 Jun 1990,28 mins

Lost In Translation?

Meridian

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The programme asks, why bother with translation of literature? Included in the programme, a look at Nessun Dorma an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot, its popularity and its translation. Why bother with translation of literature? Presenter: Michael Rosen.

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