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29 - Translation in the Third Millennium

from Part VI - Translation in History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2022

By
Moritz Schaeffer
Edited by
Kirsten Malmkjær
Kirsten Malmkjær
Affiliation:
University of Leicester
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Summary

Chapter 29 predicts that we will come to understand the brain better and that technology will become more integrated with humans, which will have a revolutionary influence on how translation is conceptualized, practised and used. The concept of the original will be turned on its head should it become possible to replicate an entire brain, and global connectivity will acquire a new meaning if brains become connected in the way we are currently connected via machines external to our bodies. In these circumstances, translation will be central in the endeavour to build an interface among individuals.

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Technology–human integrationreconceptualization of translationbrain replicationinter-individual interfaces
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The Cambridge Handbook of Translation , pp. 576 - 587
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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