Our aim in this chapter is to discuss translation of philosophical texts. Translation deals with transfer of meaning, and meaning is subject to understanding. Further, understanding is dependent on presuppositions of the translator. So this chapter is concerned with presuppositions and the relationship between translation, meaning, and understanding. |
This essay is about how to make translation in philosophy. Indeed, this is a specific objective which involves spelling out of procedural details regarding actual translation of say a philosophical text. However, this specific objective presupposes a larger objective without which the form we cannot stand on its own. Translating is an activity which is preceded by certain theoretical / philosophical issues concerning meaning, understanding and interpretation. To have a clear idea about these issues is a prerequisite for actual translation. This is how the specific objective of translation come under the higher objective. Explicating the issues forming the higher order objective is a philosophical task. |
