Translations | Episode 1
Based on Translations by Brian Friel
Set in County Donegal in Northern Ireland, the play concerns the British Army's Ordnance survey of the land and the problems caused by their standardisation (and translation into English) of local Irish place names.
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Content
- Type: Analysis
- Channel: BBC Radio 3
- Duration: 29'46''
- Broadcast date: 1982
Usage
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Literary Resource
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