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Derrida, Jacques. 2001. What is a "relevant" translation? Critical Inquiry 27 (2) : 174–200.

Publication type

Article in jnl/bk

Publication language

English

Keywords

calque | deconstruction | psychoanalysis=psychoanalytical approach | translatability=untranslatability

Edition info

Translated by Lawrence Venuti.

Abstract

In this essay, Derrida reflects about 'relevant' translation. What is presented under this title is a modest and laborious approach, on the basis of a single word, the word 'relevant'. The theory is illustratd with a number of examples.

Source : F. Note

Reprints

Derrida, Jacques. 2012. What is a "relevant" translation? In Venuti, Lawrence. The Translation Studies Reader. London: Routledge. pp. 365–388.

Derrida, Jacques. 2004. What is a "relevant" translation? In Venuti, Lawrence. The Translation Studies reader. London: Routledge. pp. 423–446.