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This book explores the influence of culture and cognition on translation and communication and brings together revised versions of papers delivered at the First International TransLingua Conference, organized in 2015 by the Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics and the Department of English at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The volume investigates various languages and cultures (including Japanese, Hungarian, English, Czech, Polish, German and Swahili) and examines a range of linguistic and translation issues from a micro-scale perspective. Alongside these case studies, it also includes reflections by two internationally renowned scholars, Elżbieta Tabakowska and Zoltán Kövecses, on the interplay between language, culture and cognition and the influence of collective and individual memory on translation.

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The Aesthetics and Ethics of Copying brings together an interdisciplinary field of scholars to answer the most pressing philosophical questions about copies and copying from a contemporary perspective. This is a fantastic collection. -- Robert Stecker, Professor of Philosophy, Central Michigan University, USA For too long lawyers and legislatures have accepted a loose consensus on the nature and purpose of the 'intangible things' that are regulated by copyright law. The lawyerly consensus now suffers from slippage as legislative and treaty developments put unexpected pressures on existing concepts. The instant volume, The Aesthetics and Ethics of Copying, addresses crucial questions of definition, aesthetic experience, and copyright policy, and employs the kind of philosophic rigor that the field increasingly needs. I recommend this set of fascinating readings very highly. -- Wendy J Gordon, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Professor of Law, Boston University, USA This is an immensely helpful and timely volume, richly problematizing the concept of the copy and the act of copying from a variety of perspectives, disciplines and normative commitments, thus clearly establishing the need to think beyond copies as mere instances of economic value in the marketplace of intangibles. Obligatory, rewarding and enjoyable reading for anyone interested in intellectual property and/or its relation to broader cultural concerns. -- Abraham Drassinower, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Chair in the Legal, Ethical and Cultural Implications of Technological Innovation, University of Toronto, Canada

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Wojciech Wachowski is Assistant Professor in the Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz. He has published on various topics in linguistics, particularly cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics. His main research interests include metonymy and metaphor, and teacher and translator training. Zoltán Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. His main research interests include the theory of metaphor and metonymy, the conceptualization of emotions, the relationship between cognition and culture, and the issue of cultural variation in metaphor. His books include Where Metaphors Come From (2015), Language, Mind and Culture: A Practical Introduction (2006), Metaphor in Culture: Universality and Variation (2005), Metaphor: A Practical Introduction (2002/2010) and Metaphor and Emotion (2000). He received the Charles Simonyi Award in 2008. Michał Borodo is Assistant Professor in the Institute of Modern Languages and Applied Linguistics at Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, where he is also Head of Postgraduate Studies in Translating and Interpreting. He has published on various topics in translation studies and his main research interests include translation and language in the context of globalization and glocalization, the translation of children’s literature and comics, and translator training. His monograph, Translation, Globalization and Younger Audiences: The Situation in Poland, is forthcoming in 2017.

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