On Translation

von John Sallis

142 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

"Everyone complains about what is lost in translations. This is the first account I have seen of the potentially positive impact of translation, that it represents . . . a genuinely new contribution." -Drew A. Hyland In his original 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.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253215536
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2002
• Größe: 219 x 164 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press