Category: Semantics

  • The problem of translation

    Today we start with investigating language d.v.

    The problem of translation concerns tje problem of not knowing how the mind lf the reader will receive the message that the translator transmits.

    It is unknown what words have which associations to the mind of the reader so that a translator who wants to convey a clear translation also is able to do so if he understands the psyche of the reader.

    Only through repeated experiences will the translator come to know the mind of his audience so that he might choose words more carefully in order that etc.

    Or the audience should respond in the only possible way that does not leave room for doxa.