since i cannot read french, then from my perspective any translation of
foucault, even an average or esoteric one, is infinitely better than my
own translation would be.
obviously, and equally from my own perspective, a good translations is
better than a bad one; but then again any translation is better than none.
i mean what's the alternative? for people who cannot read french to not
read foucault?
i don't really think anybody is suggesting that. so what's the solution?
and anyway, isn't all traduction trahison?
Faut-il défendre la Foucault?
k
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 22:12:59 +1000, Clare O'Farrell
<panoptique@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark
>
>> Kind of wish I hadn't said anything - I just have a bee in my bonet
>> about translators making French thinkers sound esoteric when their
>> French is quite plain.
>
> I absolutely agree - my own personal bugbear is the translation of the
> quite ordinary interdit or interdiction as 'interdiction', a rare legal
> word in English - when it is a common word in French meaning prohibition.
--
Kevin Turner
Deptment of Sociology
County South
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YD
(01524) 594508
foucault, even an average or esoteric one, is infinitely better than my
own translation would be.
obviously, and equally from my own perspective, a good translations is
better than a bad one; but then again any translation is better than none.
i mean what's the alternative? for people who cannot read french to not
read foucault?
i don't really think anybody is suggesting that. so what's the solution?
and anyway, isn't all traduction trahison?
Faut-il défendre la Foucault?
k
On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 22:12:59 +1000, Clare O'Farrell
<panoptique@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mark
>
>> Kind of wish I hadn't said anything - I just have a bee in my bonet
>> about translators making French thinkers sound esoteric when their
>> French is quite plain.
>
> I absolutely agree - my own personal bugbear is the translation of the
> quite ordinary interdit or interdiction as 'interdiction', a rare legal
> word in English - when it is a common word in French meaning prohibition.
--
Kevin Turner
Deptment of Sociology
County South
Lancaster University
Lancaster
LA1 4YD
(01524) 594508