DOCSLIB.ORG

Translation After Wittgenstein Philip Wilson

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Translation After Wittgenstein Philip Wilson TRANSLATION AFTER WITTGENSTEIN PHILIP WILSON Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Literary Translation University of East Anglia School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing August 2012 © This copy of the thesis has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognise that its copyright rests with the author and that use of any information derived there from must be in accordance with current UK Copyright Law. In addition, any quotation or extract must include full attribution. 1 ABSTRACT In this thesis, I examine how a reading of the later philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein can be of use to the reflective practitioner of literary translation. Wittgenstein, whilst a key figure in twentieth-century philosophy, remains peripheral to the field of translation studies and I argue that his later work, because it deals with the nature of language and meaning, is potentially of great significance: the story that Wittgenstein tells can change the field. It can rid translators of pictures of translation that are detrimental to literary translation and can also offer tools that will facilitate the task of literary translation, such as: the language-game; the form of life; the surveyable representation. In Chapter 1, I discuss the relation between philosophy and translation studies, presenting the later work of Wittgenstein, in particular the 1953 Philosophical Investigations. In Chapters 2, 3 and 4, I relate Wittgenstein’s work to translation by examining respectively: the reading for translation of the source text; the writing of the target text; the theorising of the target text. In Chapter 5, I draw conclusions. In the central three chapters, I offer case studies of the translation of the poetry of Eduard Mörike and of the New Testament to illustrate my arguments. My aim is that the thesis will form the basis for a greater concern for Wittgenstein in translation studies than has previously been the case. 2 TRANSLATION AFTER WITTGENSTEIN CONTENTS Preface 6 Acknowledgements 7 Abbreviations 8 A note on referencing 9 TRANSLATION AFTER WITTGENSTEIN 10 1 Introduction 11 1.1 Aim 12 1.2 Translation studies and philosophy 17 1.3 Why Wittgenstein? 20 1.4 The later Wittgenstein 24 1.5 Applying Wittgenstein 32 1.5.1 Wittgenstein’s work on medical research 35 1.5.2 Moore’s theological investigations 36 1.5.3 Perloff on poetic translatability 38 1.6 Conclusions 41 2 Reading the source text for translation 42 2.1 On not thinking but looking 43 2.2 Language-games 60 2.3 Forms of life 74 2.4 Philosophical descriptions 82 2.5 Case studies 91 2.5.1 The poetry of Mörike 92 2.5.2 The New Testament 95 2.6 Conclusions 101 3 Writing the target text 103 3.1 The translator and the fly-bottle 104 3.2 The language-game of translation 116 3.3 The forms of life of the literary translator 122 3.4 Translating a play on words 132 3.5 Case study: translating the poetry of Mörike 144 3.6 Conclusions 153 3 4 Theorising the target text 155 4.1 The beetle in the box 155 4.2 Describing the surface 170 4.3 Translated to our satisfaction 181 4.4 Grammatical investigations 197 4.4.1 Investigating the supermemes 198 4.4.1.1 Source-target 198 4.4.1.2 Equivalence 199 4.4.1.3 Untranslatability 201 4.4.1.4 Free-vs-literal 202 4.4.1.5 All-writing-is-translation 204 4.4.1.6 Conclusions about the supermemes 205 4.4.2 Translation theories after Wittgenstein 207 4.5. Case study: New Testament translation 210 4.5.1 New Testament translation: a cluster concept 210 4.5.2 A description of Barnstone’s The Restored New Testament 216 4.6 Conclusions 225 5 Conclusion 227 5.1 Wittgenstein’s story 228 5.2 Practice and theory 235 5.3 Why Wittgenstein 243 5.4 Translation after Wittgenstein 251 5.5 Story’s end 255 Bibliography 259 4 LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES FIGURES 1 The duck-rabbit 56 2 A Wittgensteinian reading list for translation 242 TABLES 1 Stylistic effects according to Moyal-Sharrock 55 2 The word in context 75 3 Forms of life in Table 2 76 4 Mörike’s poetry 92 5 Translation polarities 165 6 Ovid as a cluster of translations 168 7 Translators’ note to Effi Briest 175 8 Reading Weinberger as Wittgensteinian 190 9 The evaluation of quality in translation studies 194 10 A sample of major translation studies 207 11 Some NT translations 211 12 Extending the cluster 214 13 Nomenclature in Barnstone 220 14 Translation theories, Wittgenstein and Barnstone 222 15 Wittgenstein’s stories 229 16 Wittgensteinian tools for translation studies 237 17 A surveyable representation of (140) 246 5 PREFACE My own interest in Wittgenstein began some twenty years ago. He was initially recommended to me by Michael Finnissy, who informed me in conversation that Wittgenstein had been inspirational to him in his work as a composer. My intellectual position at that time was Thomist, following the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Friends in the Dominican Order, of which I was for a time a member, later recommended reading Wittgenstein as a way of approaching Aquinas’s thought and I was influenced by my reading of Fergus Kerr (1988) and Gareth Moore (1998). When my professional interests turned to translation, I used my reading of Wittgenstein as a way of approaching the texts on which I was working, for example, in my translations from Martin Luther (Gledhill and Wilson, 2007), where I sought to play the same language-games in my translations that I found in Luther’s sermons. My motivation for researching translation after Wittgenstein can therefore be seen as a coming together of my philosophical and professional interests. I would no longer call myself a Thomist, but I continue to turn to the writings of Wittgenstein. I owe to John Gledhill the notion of linking Wittgenstein to translation: my thesis ‘Translation after Wittgenstein’ is in many ways an application of an insight he expresses in his book on translating Thomas Mann (2007) and a continuation of a dialogue that has gone on for more than forty years. 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to thank my supervisors at the University of East Anglia: Jean Boase- Beier, Valerie Henitiuk, Marie McGinn and Ross Wilson. David Cockburn and Gareth Jones gave generously of their time for philosophical discussion. Thanks also to those who helped me to find my path to Wittgenstein: Michael Finnissy, John Gledhill, Fergus Kerr, Gareth Moore. And to the following for their support: Odai Alzoubi, Anna Clover, Tamara Dobler, Chris Doman, B.J. Epstein, Antoinette Fawcett, Marc Fielder, Lina Fisher, Hiroko Furukawa, Tom Greaves, Peter Green, Jon Hills, Susanne Klinger, Oskari Kuusela, Richard Lewis, Andrei Nasta, Ben Needham, Trudi Needham, Silvia Panizza, Rupert Read, Catherine Rowett, Lorna Savage, Maria Serban, Clara Stern, Simon Summers, Helen Tierney, Vlad Vexler, Ben Walker. I have been able to undertake doctoral research thanks to the Arts and Humanities Scholarship awarded by the University of East Anglia. This thesis is dedicated to the memory of my parents. 7 ABBREVIATIONS Works by Wittgenstein: BT Big Typescript CV Culture and Value LA Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief LWPP Last Writings on Philosophical Psychology NB Notebooks 1914-1916 OC On Certainty PI Philosophical Investigations PG Philosophical Grammar PPF Philosophy of Psychology – A Fragment RPP Remarks on the Philosophy of Psychology PR Philosophical Remarks RFM Remarks on the Foundations of Mathematics TL-P Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus WFV Wörterbuch für Volksschulen Z Zettel Other abbreviations: DTS Descriptive Translation Studies HG Hellenistic Greek NT New Testament SL source language ST source text TL target language TT target text (dir) director ed. edited (ed) editor (eds) editors np no page tr. translated (tr) translator (trs) translators 8 A NOTE ON REFERENCING 1. Works are referred to by author, year and (where relevant) page, e.g. ‘Adair (1995:5)’. 2. I follow practice in philosophical scholarship by referring to the works of Wittgenstein by title and section or page, and by referring to the works of Plato by section, e.g. ‘Wittgenstein (PI 1)’; ‘Wittgenstein (CV p.5)’; ‘Plato (514a)’. 3. I follow practice in theological scholarship by referring to the Bible by chapter and verse, while making clear which edition is being used when relevant, e.g. ‘King James Bible, John 1:1’. 4. If a translation is being discussed, then the translator is given as the author in the main text and in the Bibliography, e.g. ‘Constantine, D. (tr) (2005) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust Part I, London: Penguin’. No translator is given for group translations of the Bible. 5. Where a translated text is considered in its own right, the translator is credited in the Bibliography but the text is given under the name of the source text author, e.g. ‘Tolstoy, L. (1997) The Gospel in Brief, tr. by F.A. Flowers III, Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press’. 6. Internet references in the Bibliography include the full date on which a website was viewed, e.g. ‘AQA (9 May 2010) http://store.aqa.org.uk’. In the text, reference is by year only, e.g. ‘AQA (2010)’. 9 TRANSLATION AFTER WITTGENSTEIN While we all use language, none of us actually owns it. Spence (2010:42) 10 1. INTRODUCTION In the beginning was the Deed! Goethe (1972:44)1 1 My translation. 11 1.1 Aim The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) is the subject of a poem by Herbert Lomas (2009:41), which is given as (1).
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Supplementing Ricœur on Translation
    An Ethics Of Discomfort: Supplementing Ricœur On Translation Lisa Foran School of Philosophy, University College Dublin Abstract: This article compares Paul Ricœur and Jacques Derrida on the theme of translation and in particular the ethical implications of the different ways in which they approach the untranslatable. While Ricœur’s account of translation as linguistic hospitality does offer a model for an ethical encounter with the other, I argue that this account does not go far enough. My central claim is that Ricœur’s treatment of translation overemphasizes the movement of appropriation and integration. While it may not be his intention, this emphasis could lead to a certain kind of complacency that would challenge the ethical claims Ricœur makes in favour of translation as a paradigm. I propose to supplement Ricœur’s hospitality with Derrida’s untranslatable, in order to create a situation of constant discomfort thereby guarding against ethical complacency. Keywords: Ricœur, Derrida, Translation, Ethics. Résumé: Cet article compare les approches que Ricœur et Derida font du thème de la traduction en abordant en particulier les implications éthiques de leurs manières différentes d’aborder la question de l’intraduisible. Si le traitement ricœurien du problème de la traduction en termes d’hospitalité langagière offre le modèle d’une rencontre éthique de l’autre, je soutiens que cette approche ne va pas assez loin. Mon argument central est que, dans son traitement de la traduction, Ricœur met exagérément l’accent sur le mouvement d’appropriation et d’intégration. Même si cette emphase n’est peut-être pas intentionnelle, elle pourrait conduire à une certaine suffisance susceptible de remettre en question le pladoyer éthique de Ricœur en faveur de la traduction comme paradigme.
    [Show full text]
  • Former President of Australian Bishops’ Conference Dies
    Former president of Australian bishops’ conference dies unexpectedly ADELAIDE, Australia (CNS) — Retired Archbishop Philip Wilson, former president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference who served as archbishop of Adelaide for 17 years, died Jan. 17. He was 70. The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference said that while the archbishop had suffered a series of health problems in recent years, including cancer, his death “was unexpected.” Adelaide Archbishop Patrick O’Regan noted that while his predecessor had been charged with failing to respond adequately to allegations of child sexual abuse while a priest, he was acquitted of all charges. “A harrowing period of allegations, charges, conviction and eventually acquittal was a significant chapter on Philip’s life, but his record of supporting and advocating on behalf of victims and survivors is part of his legacy,” Archbishop O’Regan said. “Philip knew what pain many people had endured and suffered as a result of the sickening actions of some within the church. He was part of the solution, and widely recognized as such.” In July 2018, Archbishop Wilson resigned as archbishop of Adelaide Archdiocese after being convicted of failing to report allegations of child sexual abuse by a priest in the 1970s. Although he maintained his innocence and appealed the ruling, Archbishop Wilson said at the time that “there is just too much pain and distress being caused by my maintaining the office of archbishop of Adelaide, especially to the victims of Father (James) Fletcher.” In December 2018, an appeals court overturned his conviction. He served as bishop of Wollongong from 1996 to 2001, and, after his death Wollongong Bishop Brian Mascord asked for prayers “for Philip, the Wilson family and the Archdiocese of Adelaide at this very sad time.” Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher recalled Archbishop Wilson’s “paternal” care of the other bishops when he was president of the bishops’ conference.
    [Show full text]
  • “On Translating Thomas Mann. Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Henry I. Mac Adam
    SCRIPTA JUDAICA CRACOVIENSIA * Vol. 7 Kraków 2009 Edith Simon “ON TRANSLATING THOMAS MANN” Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Henry I. MacAdam After all, every translator knows that translating is a sort of trick, a device like the sleight-of-hand operator’s to attract attention to something in order to distract it from something else. Lowe-Porter 1966, 196. Without her [Lowe-Porter’s] translations, the name of Tho- mas Mann might well be as little known to the English- speaking world as that of his brother Heinrich. Thirlwall 1966, vi. Introduction Among the literary papers of the late Edith Simon (1917–2003) is a typescript essay entitled “On Translating Thomas Mann.” Internal evidence suggests that it was written in the late 1960s, approximately 40 years after Mann’s monumental Der Zauberberg (1924) was translated into English as The Magic Mountain (1928) by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. Simon’s essay is critical of the quality of Lowe-Porter’s translation of The Magic Mountain and is full of suggested re-translations as well as a closer look at several images embedded in German culture, e.g. language; literature, mytho- logy/folklore – that Mann drew upon for “special effects” in the epic novel that ensured his nomination for and acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929 (the politicized head of the Nobel Committee cited Buddenbrooks as the reason for the award). Simon wrote her essay at a time when Lowe-Porter’s rendition of Mann’s major works was still garnering plaudits from reviewers. That essay by Simon, published here for the first time, and another shorter essay on writing historical fiction, are part of her creative legacy now archived within her art studio in Edinburgh, Scotland.
    [Show full text]
  • Responsabilidad Extracontractual De La Iglesia Por Los Abusos De Connotación Sexual De Sus Sacerdotes
    Universidad de Chile Facultad de Derecho Departamento de Derecho Privado RESPONSABILIDAD EXTRACONTRACTUAL DE LA IGLESIA POR LOS ABUSOS DE CONNOTACIÓN SEXUAL DE SUS SACERDOTES Memoria para optar al grado de Licenciado en Ciencias Jurídicas AMARU PERALDI MIRANDA Profesor guía: Fabiola Lathrop Gómez Santiago, Chile 2018 ii Dedicada a Juan Carlos Cruz Chellew, héroe nacional. iii iv Agradecimientos A Evelyn Campos, Pablo Carvacho, Barbara Sepúlveda, Camilo Carrasco, Andrea Martones y Juan Pablo Donoso, por su inagotable ayuda y paciencia v vi RESUMEN La presente tesis contextualiza la situación actual que ha vivido la Iglesia Católica en Chile en torno a los abusos sexuales que han llevado a cabo los miembros de su institución. Se revisan los dos casos más relevantes del último tiempo en tanto sus demandas, examinando los caminos que ayudan a establecer la responsabilidad civil de la Iglesia, por el hecho propio y por el hecho de su dependiente. Se revisa jurisprudencia comparada, donde han ocurrido situaciones similares y se establece un actuar concordante de la Iglesia Católica en todos los lugares en que se vio involucrada en casos de abusos. Se concluye que la Iglesia Católica chilena es responsable civilmente por hecho propio, su falta de vigilancia respecto de sus sacerdotes, existiendo un marco regulatorio que lo sustenta. vii viii ÍNDICE INTRODUCCIÓN .............................................................................................................. 3 I. CASOS RELEVANTES Y CONTEXTO DE LOS ABUSOS SEXUALES ...................... 7 1.1 Caso Karadima. Causa caratulada ―Cruz Chellew y otros con Arzobispado de Santiago‖. Rol Nº 9209-2012. Iltmo. Ministro de Fuero Sr. Juan Manuel Muñoz Pardo ....... 7 1.2 Caso Cura Tato. Causa caratulada C/ José Andrés Aguirre Ovalle.
    [Show full text]
  • No Sleep, Little Aid: Salesian Nun Pleads for More Help for Haitians
    50¢ February 7, 2010 Think Green Volume 84, No. 6 Recycle this paper Go Green todayscatholicnews.org Serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend Go Digital ’’ It’s the TTODAYODAY SS CCATHOLICATHOLIC digital age New springtime of the church meets the new media No sleep, little aid: Salesian nun Page 13 pleads for more help for Haitians Stronger ties PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CNS) — Sister Maria Catholic college presidents, Sylvita Elie hasn’t eaten all day, and the tiredness shows on her face as she pleads with a Brazilian non- local bishops urged to forge governmental organization for some tents for the homeless families who have camped out on the con- relationships vent patio of her religious order, the Salesian Sisters of Page 4 St. John Bosco. Tents are in short supply in the Haitian capital these days, and she has to argue forcefully. Her persistence finally pays off, and she fills her pickup with two loads of tents. School choice snag “I’m going to hide them until dark, otherwise peo- ple will swarm all over us to get them. After it’s dark ICC opposes delay to school I’ll give them quietly to families that have small chil- choice credit dren,” said Sister Sylvie, as she’s known. A Salesian nun who lives in one of the roughest Page 8 areas of Port-au-Prince, Sister Sylvie has been sleeping under the stars since the Jan. 12 quake collapsed most of the church sanctuary and other buildings they used for educating neighborhood children. “We’re a center of reference for the community, and Exemplary teachers people come to us for help in solving their problems.
    [Show full text]
  • Theory and Practice in the French Discourse of Translation Richard Jacquemond
    Theory and practice in the French discourse of translation Richard Jacquemond To cite this version: Richard Jacquemond. Theory and practice in the French discourse of translation. Said Faiq. Discourse in Translation, Routledge, 2018, 978-1138298163. halshs-01996727 HAL Id: halshs-01996727 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01996727 Submitted on 6 Feb 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Theory and practice in the French discourse of translation Richard Jacquemond Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IREMAM, Aix-en-Provence, France Translation theory has always been intimately connected to practice. For centuries, it was mostly elaborated by translators and was always prescriptive, that is, aiming at defining the conditions for “good” translating. Actually, while it would be tempting to take the emergence of “descriptive translation studies” – to mention Gideon Toury’s (1995) most celebrated contribution to the field – as the birthmark of the study of translation as an autonomous discipline, one could argue that translation studies remain till now dependent on prescription in many ways, as remarks Lawrence Venuti (2000: 4). We find within the field of translation studies a much larger proportion of active translators than, say, the proportion of creative writers within the field of literary studies.
    [Show full text]
  • How the Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Crisis Changed Private Law
    CARDINAL SINS: HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SEXUAL ABUSE CRISIS CHANGED PRIVATE LAW MAYO MORAN* ABSTRACT For several decades now, the unfolding of the Catholic Church sexual abuse crisis has been front-page news. It has wreaked havoc on hundreds of thousands of lives, cost the Church billions of dollars, and done irreparable harm to a once-revered institution. Along the way, it has also helped to transform the all- important private law of responsibility. When the crisis began to break in the early 1980s, the few survivors who sought legal redress faced a daunting array of obstacles. Limitations periods alone had the effect of barring almost all child sexual abuse claims. Immunities also helped to shield the Church. Private law itself was generally hostile to institutional liability, particularly where the harm resulted from the criminal act of an individual. All of that has changed. Among the catalysts for change within private law, the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis looms large. The scale of the crisis and the universal nature of the Church were certainly both important factors, but so too was the Church's response. From the initial impulse to cover up instances of abuse to choices made in the legal and political arenas, it appeared willing to do almost anything to protect itself. Yet the Church had traditionally bene®ted from special treatment precisely on the ground that it was not an ordinary, self-interested legal actor. The tension between the Church's mission and its approach to covering up abuse began to attract notice. Courts and legislators were prompted to act.
    [Show full text]
  • Papal Visit Philippines 2014 and 2015 2014
    This event is dedicated to the Filipino People on the occasion of the five- day pastoral and state visit of Pope Francis here in the Philippines on October 23 to 27, 2014 part of 22- day Asian and Oceanian tour from October 22 to November 13, 2014. Papal Visit Philippines 2014 and 2015 ―Mercy and Compassion‖ a Papal Visit Philippines 2014 and 2015 2014 Contents About the project ............................................................................................... 2 About the Theme of the Apostolic Visit: ‗Mercy and Compassion‘.................................. 4 History of Jesus is Lord Church Worldwide.............................................................................. 6 Executive Branch of the Philippines ....................................................................... 15 Presidents of the Republic of the Philippines ....................................................................... 15 Vice Presidents of the Republic of the Philippines .............................................................. 16 Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ............................................ 16 Presidents of the Senate of the Philippines .......................................................................... 17 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ...................................................... 17 Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church ................................................................ 18 Pope (Roman Catholic Bishop of Rome and Worldwide Leader of Roman
    [Show full text]
  • Reflexive Translation Studies Literature and Translation Literature and Translation
    Reflexive Translation Studies Reflexive Literature and Translation Literature and Translation In the past decades, translation studies have increasingly focused on the ethical dimension of translational activity, with an emphasis on reflexivity to assert the role of the researcher in highlighting issues of visibility, creativity and ethics. In Reflexive Translation Studies, Silvia Kadiu investigates the viability of theories that seek to empower translation by making visible its transformative dimension; for example, by championing the visibility of the translating subject, the translator’s right to creativity, the supremacy of human translation or an autonomous study of translation. Inspired by Derrida’s deconstructive thinking, Kadiu presents practical ways of challenging theories that suggest reflexivity is the only way of developing an ethical Reflexive translation. She questions the capacity of reflexivity to counteract the power relations at play in translation (between minor and dominant languages, for example) and problematises affirmative claims about (self-)knowledge by using translation itself as a Translation process of critical reflection. In exploring the interaction between form and content, Reflexive Translation Studies promotes the need for an experimental, multi-sensory and intuitive practice, which Studies Silvia Kadiu invites students, scholars and practitioners alike to engage with theory productively and creatively through translation. Translation as Critical Reflection Silvia Kadiu is a translator and academic.
    [Show full text]
  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Literature, Philosophy, and Science
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Literature, Philosophy, and Science HIST 25304/ 35304, CHSS 31202 PHIL 20610/30610, GRMN 25304/ 35304, HIPS 26701 Instructor: Robert J. Richards Assistants: Sarah Panzer, Jake Smith I. The following texts for the course may be found at the Seminary Co-operative Bookstore: A. Primary Texts: Goethe, Sorrows of Young Werther (Modern Library, trans. Burton Pike) Goethe, Italian Journey (Viking Penguin, trans. Auden, W.H. and Meyer, Elizabeth) Goethe, Faust, Part One (Oxford U.P.–World’s Classics; trans. David Luke) Goethe, Selected Verse (Penguin) B. German editions for those who would like to try their hand; the following are also in the Seminary Co-Operative Bookstore: Goethe, Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Goethe, Italienische Reise (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Goethe, Faust, Erster und zweiter Teil (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) C. Packets of Photocopies: Goethe: Primary Readings (for sale in Social Sciences 205) Goethe: Secondary Readings (for sale in Social Sciences 205) D. Recommended text: Robert J. Richards, The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of Goethe (University of Chicago Press). II. Requirements: A. You will be responsible for preparing texts assigned for discussion, and it is imperative that you do so. You should also take seriously those items under recommended reading. B. In the first half of the class, the instructor will provide short lectures to introduce 1 topics drawn from the readings. In the second half of each class, discussion will be initiated from very short papers that all students must have produced for that class. These papers—no longer than one-two pages—should state some problem, question, or central aspect of the reading for that class and then solve the problem or answer the question so stated.
    [Show full text]
  • 3 Towards a Change of Perspective in Translation 280
    University of Warwick institutional repository: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of Warwick http://go.warwick.ac.uk/wrap/71208 This thesis is made available online and is protected by original copyright. Please scroll down to view the document itself. Please refer to the repository record for this item for information to help you to cite it. Our policy information is available from the repository home page. OTHERNESS IN TRANSLATION: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN PROSE IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE Wiebke Sievers A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Translation Studies University of Warwick Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies May 2003 .. CONTENTS IN"TRODUCTION 1 1 OTHERNESS IN"TRANSLATION THEORIES I0 1.1 'SO VIELE ORDNUNGEN, SO VIELE FREMDHEITEN': BERNHARD WALDENFELS.12 1.2 'UBERSETZUNG UND ANEIGNUNG': THE NATION IN TRANSLATION 19 1.2.1 '[Der} Kreis der Obersetzermuhen': Friedrich SChleiermacher 24 1.2.2 'Enrichissement de notre langue': Antoine Berman 30 1.2.3 'A Glimpse of a Cultural Other': Lawrence Venuti 34 1.3 'A KIND OF PERMANENT EXILE': BEYOND THE NATION IN TRANSLATION 37 1.3.1 'Ober die Unverstiindlichkeit': Friedrich Schlegel 39 1.3.2 'Die Fremdheit der Sprachen': Walter Benjamin 41 1.3.3 'Les limites du concept courant de traduction': Jacques Derrida 47 1.4 RESPONDING TO OTHERNESS IN THE STUDY OF TRANSLATIONS ...••....•............. 55 2 OTHERNESS IN"TRANSLATION PRACTICE: CONTEMPORARY GERMAN PROSE IN BRITAIN AND FRANCE 60 2.1 SELLING THE OTHER: MARKET CONDITIONS AND LITERARY TRENDS ...•.........
    [Show full text]
  • Schleiermacher Lawrence Venuti
    Document generated on 09/30/2021 3:32 p.m. TTR Traduction, terminologie, re?daction Genealogies of Translation Theory: Schleiermacher Lawrence Venuti Traduire la théorie Volume 4, Number 2, 2e semestre 1991 URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/037096ar DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/037096ar See table of contents Publisher(s) Association canadienne de traductologie ISSN 0835-8443 (print) 1708-2188 (digital) Explore this journal Cite this article Venuti, L. (1991). Genealogies of Translation Theory: Schleiermacher. TTR, 4(2), 125–150. https://doi.org/10.7202/037096ar Tous droits réservés © TTR: traduction, terminologie, rédaction — Les auteurs, This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit 1991 (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online. https://apropos.erudit.org/en/users/policy-on-use/ This article is disseminated and preserved by Érudit. Érudit is a non-profit inter-university consortium of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research. https://www.erudit.org/en/ Genealogies of Translation Theory: Schleiermacher Lawrence Venuti The genealogical method in Nietzsche and Foucault enables the formulation of a political agenda in cultural history by abandoning two principles that govern much conventional historiography: teleology and objectivity.1 Genealogy is a form of historical representation that depicts, not a continuous progression from a unified origin, an inevitable development in which the past fixes the meaning of the present, but a discontinuous succession of division and hierarchy, domination and exclusion, which destabilize the seeming unity of the present by constituting a past with plural, heterogeneous meanings.
    [Show full text]