Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/40650 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 2008,12
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Books are an important factor of cultural transmission, but need, in most cases, to be translated. According to some authors, this may lead to a form of cultural domination of English. The population speaking English as a first language is, with the exception of Mandarin, the largest in the world. It is therefore not surprising that English produces more fiction (and much more scientific literature, as scientists from all countries write in English with increasing frequency) than any other language. We develop a theoretical model of translation, which is estimated on the basis of UNESCO translation data. We show that translations from English are dominated by translations from other languages, including Scandinavian ones and French.
Subjects: 
Languages
Translations
Cultural and Linguistic Distances
JEL: 
L82
Z11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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