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Migration and translation are distinct yet closely linked phenomena. They both relate to forms of mobility which deeply affect human life, and have done so through history. Yet in today’s world, with its increasingly visible tensions between ‘the global’ and ‘the local’, they are becoming even more crucial to the way in which we communicate, organize social structures, regulate contact and understand the ethics of individual as well as collective interaction.
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Polezzi, L. (2014). Migration and Translation: Introduction. In: Segal, N., Koleva, D. (eds) From Literature to Cultural Literacy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137429704_6
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