Walter Benjamin Quote

Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information-hence, something inessential. This is the hallmark of bad translations.


Illuminations (ed. Random House, 2015) - ISBN: 9781473524446


Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information-hence, something inessential. This is the...

Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information-hence, something inessential. This is the...

Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information-hence, something inessential. This is the...

Any translation which intends to perform a transmitting function cannot transmit anything but information-hence, something inessential. This is the...