The Task of the Translator

Title: The Task of the Translator
Description: Lynne Sachs pays tribute to Walter Benjamin’s essay “The Task of the Translator” through three studies of the human body. First, she listens to a doctor who in wartime reconstructs corpses. She then witnesses a group of academics who are confronted with the task of translating a newspaper article about Iraqi funeral rites into Latin. And finally, she lets us listen to a radio news report about human remains.; Description Source
Creator: Lynne Sachs
Date: 2010
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-zbPYP0P14
Subject: translation, warfare, Iraq War,
Extent: 10:23