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13 - Translation and Philosophy

from Part III - Translation in Company

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2022

By
Duncan Large
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Kirsten Malmkjær
Kirsten Malmkjær
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University of Leicester
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Summary

Chapter 13 argues for the central importance of translation to philosophy, which is ‘born translated’ and constantly renews itself through translation. It considers leading philosophical accounts of translation, focusing on the question of untranslatability, before addressing complementary ways in which translation studies as a discipline has been exercised by philosophical questions, especially concerning translation equivalence and the ethical duty of the translator. The chapter examines some of the purposes met by translations of philosophical texts, and some of the practical issues involved in translating philosophical texts by canonical German philosophers into English.

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TranslationphilosophyuntranslatabilityequivalenceethicspurposespracticeGerman philosophers
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The Cambridge Handbook of Translation , pp. 258 - 276
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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