On Translation

Informationen zum Autor Ricoeur, Paul Klappentext Paul Ricoeur was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this book! he turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is translation and why is it so important? He reminds us that translation not only spreads knowledge but can change its very meaning. Zusammenfassung Paul Ricoeur turns to a topic at the heart of much of his work: What is translation and why is it so important? Drawing on interesting examples he reflects not only on the challenges of translating one language into another but how one community speaks to another. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Ricoeur’s philosophy of translation, 1. Translation as challenge and source of happiness, 2. The paradigm of translation, 3. A ‘passage’: translating the untranslatable, Notes, Index

Product details

• Authors: Paul Ricoeur, Ricoeur Paul
• Assisted by: Eileen Brennan (Translation), Brennan Eileen (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2006
• EAN: 9780415357777
• ISBN: 978-0-415-35777-7
• No. of pages: 72
• Series: Thinking in Action
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Translation & interpretation, Translation and interpretation