What is a Literal Translation?
Translation as Continuous Variation
Keywords:
translation, Benjamin, Deleuze, ecology, pluralism, continuous variation, literalityAbstract
Since its earliest and most canonical formulations, the question of translation has often been approached from an understanding that locates its meaning in a place more or less transcendent to the words or the letter. However, it is legitimate to consider different ways that openly bet on literal translation and make the formal aspects of the language the main aspect to be considered. Thus, relying on a reading of some developments made by Walter Benjamin and Gilles Deleuze, we will try to propose a conjecture on literal translation that is guided by the idea of continuous variation. This understanding, which pushes the elements of the language outwards and, at the same time as it promotes communication between languages, demands a radical transformation in the way we consider the incessant character of the original text.
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