About the Book: A Multilingual Nation: Translation And Language Dynamic In India
How does India live through the oddity of being both a nation and multilingual?
Is multilingualism in India to be understood as a neatly laid set of discrete
languages or a criss-crossing of languages that runs through every source
language and text? The questions take us to reviewing what is meant by language,
multilingualism and translation. Challenging these institutions, A Multilingual
Nation illustrates how the received notions of translation discipline do not
apply to India. It provocatively argues that translation is not a 'solution to
the allegedly chaotic situation of many languages, rather