What Is an Identical Translation? The Legacy of Goethe’s Discussion in the West-östlicher Divan

Thomas O. Beebee

doi:10.1080/09593683.2020.1829262

What Is an Identical Translation? The Legacy of Goethe’s Discussion in the West-östlicher Divan

Thomas O. Beebee

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Goethe’s brief discussion of translation in the Noten and Abhandlungen to the Divan has been one of the most widely read and interpreted parts of its prose commentary section. Goethe’s three epochs of translation culminate in translations that are ‘identisch’ with the original. This essay explains what identicality can mean in the realm of translation, including how some of Goethe’s major interpreters in translation studies have understood his comments.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	223-237
Number of pages	15
Journal	Publications of the English Goethe Society
Volume	89
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09593683.2020.1829262
State	Published - 2020

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Literature and Literary Theory

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