The Task of the Translator (2010)

Lynne Sachs pays homage to Walter Benjamins essay The Task of the Translator through three studies of the human body First she listens to the musings of a wartime doctor grappling with the task of a kindof cosmetic surgery for corpses Second she witnesses a group of Classics scholars confronted with the haunting yet whimsical task of translating a newspaper article on Iraqi burial rituals into Latin Finally she turns to a radio news report on human remains