Translation

from Radiolab · host WNYC Studios

How the right words can have the wrong meanings, and the best translations lead us to an understanding that's way deeper than language.

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How close can words get you to the truth and feel and force of life? That's the question poking at our ribs this hour, as we wonder how it is that the right words can have the wrong meanings, and why sometimes the best translations lead us to an understanding that's way deeper than language. This episode, 8 stories that play out in the middle space between one reality and another — where poetry, insult comedy, 911 calls, and even our own bodies work to close the gap. Special thanks for the music of Brian Carpenter's Ghost Train Orchestra

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This episode was published on October 20, 2014.

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