It's easy to focus on the nuances that get lost in translation, but what about the insights that are found? This hour, TED speakers reveal what we gain by adapting and translating information.
Guests include textual scientist Gregory Heyworth, economist Ralph Chami, microbiologist and nanotechnologist Fatima AlZahra'a Alatraktchi and polyglot Lýdia Machová.
Original broadcast date: May 19, 2023
This episode of TED Radio Hour was produced by Fiona Geiran, Andrea Gutierrez, Harsha Nahata and Laine Kaplan-Levenson. It was edited by Sanaz Meshkinpour and Rachel Faulkner White.
Our production staff also includes James Delahoussaye, Katie Monteleone, Matthew Cloutier and Julia Carney. Beth Donovan is our executive producer. Our audio engineers were Patrick Murray, Tre Watson, Hannah Gluvna and Josh Newell.
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