On translation

On translation

by Sallis, John

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In this philosophical exploration of translation, John Sallis shows that translating is much more than a matter of transposing one language into another. At the very heart of language, translation is operative throughout human thought and experience. Sallis approaches translation from four directions: from the dream of nontranslation, or universal translatability; through a scene of translation staged by Shakespeare, in which the entire range of senses of translation is played out; through the …

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  • Full title :On translation / John Sallis

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In this philosophical exploration of translation, John Sallis shows that translating is much more than a matter of transposing one language into another. At the very heart of language, translation is operative throughout human thought and experience. Sallis approaches translation from four directions: from the dream of nontranslation, or universal translatability; through a scene of translation staged by Shakespeare, in which the entire range of senses of translation is played out; through the question of the force of words; and from the representation of untranslatability in painting and music. Drawing on Jakobson, Gadamer, Benjamin, and Derrida, Sallis shows how the classical concept of translation has undergone mutation and deconstruction.

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  • Publication Date:2002

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Med litteraturhenvisninger

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  • Description:xii, 125 s

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0253341566, 9780253341563, 0253215536, 9780253215536
  • oclc:ocn465090524
  • Dewey Decimal:107.2

Subjects

Oversættelse Semantics (Philosophy) Sémantique (philosophie) Translating and interpreting -- Philoso…

Writers

Sallis, John

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