Benjamin’s “Afterlife”: A Productive (?) Mistranslation In Memoriam Daniel Simeoni-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Benjamin’s “Afterlife”: A Productive (?) Mistranslation In Memoriam Daniel Simeoni

Published:2012-12-11 Issue:1 Volume:24 Page:183-221
ISSN:1708-2188
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Author:

Disler Caroline¹

Affiliation:

1. York University, Glendon School of Translation, 2275 Bayview Ave. Toronto, Ontario, M4N 3M6 Canada

Abstract

The concept of “afterlife” constitutes a central theme in Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers, yet the German equivalent to “afterlife” does not appear once in Walter Benjamin’s seminal essay on translation. This article investigates the German term that Benjamin has in fact chosen and examines the highly problematic translation of his idea. Some of the resulting interpretations by translation theorists are presented, along with the potentially deleterious effects on the translation community.

Publisher

Consortium Erudit

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics

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