This work explores the concept of translation and the issues of language, meaning and interpretation. Eight contributors present translation in the light of recent developments in philosophy and critical theory. It is useful for students and scholars of literary theory, philosophy of language, linguistics and the theory and practice of religion. Contributors are: Alan Bass, Cynthia Chase, Jacques Derrida, Joseph F. Graham, Barbara Johnson, Philip E. Lewis, Robert J. Lewis and Richard Rand.
I was particularly interested in Jacques Derrida's "Des Tours de Babel," Barbara Johnson's "Taking Fidelity Philosophically," and Philip Lewis's "The Measure of Translative Effects."