Omnilingual Aspirations: The Case of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Adopted by the United Nations in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most widely translated document. However, versions in 419 languages are not conceived as translations but equivalences, alternate embodiments of identical tenets....

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Main Author: Steven G. Kellman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2021-12-01
Series:Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/polylinguality/article/viewFile/25931/19142