Found in Translation; QE52 by Linda Jaivin australian-defence-force belonging and identity

belonging and identity

Correspondence discussing Quarterly Essay 17

Mission traces a life of politics

and outlines a way forward

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Found in Translation; QE52 by Linda Jaivin australian-defence-force belonging and identityWhether were aware of it or not, we spend much of our time in this globalised world in the act of translation. Language is a big part of it, of course, as anyone who has fumbled with a phrasebook in a foreign country will know, but behind language is something far more challenging to translate: culture. As a traveller, a mistranslation might land you a bowl of who knows what when you think you asked for noodles, and mistranslations in international