On translating signs includes an introduction and three chapters. Each chapter has its own list of references. Inevitably, many entries are repeated (Gorlée 1994 appears four times) and the risk of getting lost is great. For instance, note 33, p. 137 refers to note 1 which, in turn, refers back to note 31 of the previous chapter. Also, several quotes are recycled in the three chapters. In effect, from an editorial point of view, On translating signs is three books, not one. Chapter 3 is particularly raw. Some of its fragments read like successive drafts of the same paper. For instance, a list taken from Peirce’s MS 862 appears on pages 168 and 178 to illustrate two different viewpoints on knowledge and error. The same occurs on pages 164 and 207 with another Peirce quote.

References

Gorlée, Dinda L.

1994 Semiotics and the problem of translation: With special reference to the semiotics of Charles S. Peirce. Amsterdam and Atlanta: Rodopi.

Peirce, Charles Sanders

1931–1958 The collected papers of Charles Sanders Peirce, eds. Charles Hartshorne, Paul Weiss and Arthur W. Burks. VIII vols. Cambridge (Mass.): Harvard University Press.