The Art and Science of Translation

David Bellos has spent his life working with words, often in languages other than his native English. A professor in the departments of French and Italian and comparative literature at Princeton, he is a translator of international renown whose new book, "Is That a Fish in Your Ear?" explores how people understand each other ? or not ? in various situations and settings.

A recent write-up of his teaching on the Princeton University website begs the question: don't you wish your university seminars had been THIS good?