On Translation

By: John Sallis

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Paperback | 1 September 2002

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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.

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"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

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Non-Fiction Language & Linguistics Linguistics Translation & Interpretation Philosophy of Language Semantics & Discourse Analysis Philosophy History of Western Philosophy Western Philosophy Phenomenology & Existentialism

Preface
The Dream of Nontranslation	p. 1
Scenes of Translation at Large	p. 21
Translation and the Force of Words	p. 46
Varieties of Untranslatability	p. 112
Index	p. 123
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