EXPANDING THE SPACE OF UNDERSTANDING: THE TRANSLATION PROJECTS OF F. SCHLEIERMACHER AND U. HAJIBEYLI

Abstract

Trans­la­ti­on is es­sen­ti­ally a her­me­neu­tic pro­cess, in­se­pa­rab­le from in­terp­re­ta­ti­on, un­ders­tan­ding, and ret­hin­king of a text wit­hin the fra­me­work of anot­her lan­gua­ge, world­vi­ew, and cul­tu­re. Its ro­le in ex­pan­ding cog­ni­ti­ve and cul­tu­ral ho­ri­zons can hardly be ove­res­ti­ma­ted. This ar­tic­le analy­zes two con­cep­tu­ally dis­tinct yet phi­lo­sop­hi­cally comp­le­men­tary trans­la­ti­on pro­jects — tho­se of Fri­ed­rich Schle­i­er­mac­her and Uze­yir Ha­ji­bey­li. Spe­ci­al at­ten­ti­on is gi­ven to the con­cep­ti­on of trans­la­ti­on as an in­tel­lec­tu­al me­dia­ti­on bet­we­en cul­tu­res, as well as a me­ans of dia­lo­gue and pre­ser­va­ti­on of ot­her­ness. The study high­lights the con­ti­nu­ed re­le­van­ce of the her­me­neu­tic app­ro­ach to trans­la­ti­on in the con­text of in­ter­cul­tu­ral com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on and the phi­lo­sophy of un­ders­tan­ding.

Key­words: trans­la­ti­on, her­me­neu­tics, F. Schle­i­er­mac­her, U.Ha­ji­bey­li, cul­tu­ral dia­lo­gue