Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Section I: Translatability and Untranslatability

Chapter 1: Différance

Difference at the Origin

Saussure and Differences

The difference of différance

Conclusion

Chapter 2: The Limit

Singularity and Generality

Text

Writing

Conclusion

Chapter 3: Iterability

Stability and Instability

The Supplement

Sur-vival

Conclusion: Institutions, Kingdoms, and Property

Section II: Implications for Translation Theory

Introduction

Chapter 4: Unloading Terms

Decision

Intention

Communication

Conclusion

Chapter 5: Translating Derrida

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Alan Bass

Geoff Bennington and Ian McLeod

'The Measure of Translation Effects'

Conclusion

Chapter 6: Response and Responsibility

Aporias

'Relevant' Translation

'Mercy Seasons Justice'

Conclusion

References

Index

About the Author

Kathleen Davis

Reviews

... a thoughtful, competent, well-organized reflection on some of the possibilities that can be explored in the fertile ground in which deconstruction and translation meet and enrich one another. (Rosemary Arrojo, Target)