Interpretation as Translation

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_10647
dc.title	Interpretation as Translation. A Gadamerian Perspective
dc.contributor.author	Laverdure Éliane
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/the-journal-for-the-philosophy-of-language-mind-an/2022/2/interpretation-as-translation/
dc.description.abstract	The phenomenon of translation plays an important role in Gadamer’s hermeneutics as a model for what interpretation actually is and for what it accomplishes. This paper wants to show that, by characterising interpretation as a translation, the philosopher wishes to articulate how understanding is a mediation process that is linguistic in nature and that adapts itself to the situation to which the reader belongs. With regards to the philosophical inquiry about truth and method, the example of translation is particularly instructive because it illustrates how the interpretative reworking of a foreign meaning might be an legitim and integral part of its conveying, and not something like a subjective interference that ought to be avoided at all costs.
dc.relation.ispartof	JoLMA
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 3 \| Issue 2 \| December 2022
dc.issued	2022-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2022-11-28
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-09-27
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2723-9640
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2022/02/007
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Gadamer
dc.subject	Hermeneutics
dc.subject	Interpretation
dc.subject	Philosophy
dc.subject	Translation

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A Gadamerian Perspective

Éliane Laverdure Université de Montréal, Canada

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abstract

The phenomenon of translation plays an important role in Gadamer’s hermeneutics as a model for what interpretation actually is and for what it accomplishes. This paper wants to show that, by characterising interpretation as a translation, the philosopher wishes to articulate how understanding is a mediation process that is linguistic in nature and that adapts itself to the situation to which the reader belongs. With regards to the philosophical inquiry about truth and method, the example of translation is particularly instructive because it illustrates how the interpretative reworking of a foreign meaning might be an legitim and integral part of its conveying, and not something like a subjective interference that ought to be avoided at all costs.

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Dec. 20, 2022

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Nov. 28, 2022

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Sept. 27, 2022

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Keywords: Interpretation • Translation • Hermeneutics • Gadamer • Philosophy

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