Retranslation and thermodynamics, from Goethe to Berman @AnthonyPym
Retranslation and thermodynamics, from Goethe to Berman  @AnthonyPym
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Occasional talk by Anthony Pym on finite models of retranslation from Goethe to Berman (but not back).
First delivered as “On cyclical models of retranslation” for Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye, February 13-14, 2026.

References

Berman, A. (1990). La retraduction comme espace de la traduction. Palimpsestes, 4, 1-7.

Descartes, R. (1650). Les passions de l’âme. Elzevier, article 53

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1819/1827) Noten und Abhandlungen zu besserem Verständnis des West-östlichen Divans. Vol. 6 of Goethe’s Werke, pp. 237-239. Cotta.

Lefevere, A. (1977). Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1749–1832. In Translating Literature: the German Tradition from Luther to Rosenzweig, pp. 35-39. Van Gorcum.
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Retranslation and thermodynamics, from Goethe to Berman

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