ÜBERSETZUNG UND HERMENEUTIK Traduction et herméneutique Larisa CERCEL / chapitre 3

Abstract:

The article proceeds from Schleiermacher’s observation that
the hermeneutical method is a necessary component in the life of a cultivated
person insofar as we have to continuously interpret the (not especially
complex) discourse of our interlocutors. This fact explains why
hermeneutics sometimes becomes banal if his further observation is not
taken into account, i.e., that hermeneutics as a technical method can be
applied when the object to be dealt with lends itself to being treated with
hermeneutic methods.
The relationship between translation and hermeneutics has been
object of much research by a large number of philosophers in their reflections
on the problem of communication with and understanding
“others”. Translators became aware of the importance of hermeneutics
for their work when translation evolved into an academic discipline
and a need for a theoretical basis of this discipline arose. Hermeneutics
was useful in this context. After a period of intensive exchange between
translation and hermeneutics, a certain diminution of interest is now
to be observed, possibly owing to the “obviousness” of the hermeneutic
method for translation.

The author argues that hermeneutics can still be useful for translation if it is employed within certain limits, above all the social acceptability of the interpretation provided by the translator.; Furthermore, the article highlights the problem of misunderstanding
and not understanding as treated by Schleiermacher and also useful
for the present as well (concept of instability).
The author also underlines the importance of sociable conversation
(geselliger Dialog), to be considered a hermeneutical dialogue, important
in mapping the “right” interpretation.