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So, what have you been reading recently? | ๐Ÿ“š Weekly book discussion, review, and recommendations thread, June 14th, 2026 (thelemmy.club)
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[-] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Does anybody know a book that explores translation? I know that Stalin talks about language and how it relates to culture and nations, but I don't know if there's any book that specifically talks about the social part of translation.

[-] catonion@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

oooooh, i dont have one but what's the title of stalin's work where he talks about language?

[-] TabularTuxedo@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Marxism and Problems of Linguistics, 1950.

Marxism and the National Question, 1913, specifically when he talks about language on The Nation:

What distinguishes a national community from a state community? The fact, among others, that a national community is inconceivable without a common language, while a state need not have a common language.

I got those books from the ProleWiki article on Language.

[-] catonion@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

TSYM, and you provided links too, u absolute sweetheart ty <3

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