报告题目：Understanding Otherwise: Translation, Ethics and Incomplete Knowledge
报告专家：Seán Hand 教授
报告时间：2026年10月12日（周一）9:00
报告地点：文德楼N402
主 持 人：杜玉生 教授
报告人简介：
Professor Seán Hand is Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick. He holds degrees from the universities of Oxford (M.A. Oxon, D. Phil.) and Warwick (MBA, D.Litt.), and an executive qualification from INSEAD. He is a Chevalier des Palmes Académiques and a member of the Academia Europæa. He is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has written, edited or translated 13 books and special issues; published 62 articles, chapters and reports; and delivered over 100 papers and lectures.
肖恩·汉德，英国华威大学副校长，法国学术棕榈叶骑士勋章获得者、欧洲科学院院士、英国高等教育学会高级会士、英国皇家艺术协会会士。主要研究领域包括法国现当代理论思潮、全球主义与伦理学，主要著有《列维纳斯读本》(The Levinas Reader, 1989)、 《米歇尔·雷里斯：书写自我》(Michel Leiris:ritingthe Sel,2002)、《另一个自我：米歇尔·雷里斯的批评写作》 (AlterEgo： The Crilical Writings of Michel Leiris, 2003)、《面对他者：伊曼努尔·列维纳斯的伦理学》 (Facing the Other：The Ethics of Emmanuel Levinas, 2011)。
报告内容简介：
Contrary to common-sense views of translation as a secondary act of transferring static meaning, this paper argues that translation is a primary practice through which understanding emerges. Examining translation at the intersection of interpretation, ethics, and incomplete knowledge, the author reflects on his own experience of translating French philosophers Gilles Deleuze, Eric Blondel, and Emmanuel Levinas. The paper demonstrates how translation generates affirmative difference rather than exact replicas, grapples with inherently unstable or palimpsestic source texts, and functions as an ethical act of responsible dialogue. By then evaluating three influential English translations of Homer’s Odyssey—and commenting on a subsequent cinematic adaptation—the study reflects on the fact that while exhaustive knowledge is impossible, translation provides a vital framework for continuing cross-cultural understanding and communication.
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