1. Towards a theory of literalist translations & the Cold War.
10. Straussian translations are often closer to encryption (tranliteral decoding of words) than to translation.
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11. Much of what is wrong with Leo Strauss is obvious when you consider his philosophy of translation.
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12. Strauss: "the perfect translator is either one who understands nothing of what he translates and never presumes that he does..."
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@HeerJeet Have you read Goldhammer's review of Mansfield's Tocqueville translation? http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~agoldham/articles/Mansfield.htm … -
@mike_digs That's the inspiration for this twitter essay! - Show replies
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