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The term Untranslatables is rooted in two explorations of translation written originally in German: Walter Benjamin's now ubiquitous The Task of the Translator and Goethe's extensive notes to his tradaptation of mystical Persian poetry. The essays collected in Un/Translatables unite two inescapable interventions in contemporary translation discourses: the concept of Untranslatables as points of productive resistance, and the Germanic tradition as the primary dialogue partner for translation studies. The essays collected in the volume pursue the critical itineraries that would result if Untranslatables, as discussed in Barbara Cassin's Dictionary of Untranslatables, were returned, productively estranged, to their original German context. Thus, these essays explore Untranslatables across Germanic literaturesGerman, Yiddish, Dutch, and Afrikaansand follow trajectories into Hebrew, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, English, and Scots.

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/30/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810133433, 978-0810133433
      ISBN10: 0810133431

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      Book Synopsis
      The term Untranslatables is rooted in two explorations of translation written originally in German: Walter Benjamin's now ubiquitous The Task of the Translator and Goethe's extensive notes to his tradaptation of mystical Persian poetry. The essays collected in Un/Translatables unite two inescapable interventions in contemporary translation discourses: the concept of Untranslatables as points of productive resistance, and the Germanic tradition as the primary dialogue partner for translation studies. The essays collected in the volume pursue the critical itineraries that would result if Untranslatables, as discussed in Barbara Cassin's Dictionary of Untranslatables, were returned, productively estranged, to their original German context. Thus, these essays explore Untranslatables across Germanic literaturesGerman, Yiddish, Dutch, and Afrikaansand follow trajectories into Hebrew, Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, English, and Scots.

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