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Translation and Mutual Transcendence

Persistent and futile are the theories of translation. But so are as those of the fantastic or the acts of public piety. From the posturing of a judgmental above or an insidious aside, little of substance has been said about the swarming, sharp work of translation. As if there were a general of tran...

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Published in:Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory 2016-07, Vol.2 (1), p.5-18
Main Author: Mihăilescu, Călin-Andrei
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Language:English
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Summary:Persistent and futile are the theories of translation. But so are as those of the fantastic or the acts of public piety. From the posturing of a judgmental above or an insidious aside, little of substance has been said about the swarming, sharp work of translation. As if there were a general of translation, not having to whom to delegate the work of difference across the clouds, the sun gets bored upon seeing than everything underneath is the same. To be sure, there is no interesting theory of translation as long as ‘theory’ and ‘translation’ keep within the dominating sphere of sameness (the orders of being, telos, and deduction).
ISSN:2457-8827