[INDOLOGY] A terminological question

[Nagaraj Paturi]

Does Prof. Pollock use it in the context of translation only?

If it is general context of semantic change, 'euphemism' has similarity
with this, except that the replaced word refers to an 'obscene',
'inauspicious', 'unparliamentary' meaning hence is considered to be crude
or explicit usage.

On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Matthew Kapstein via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear Artur,
>
>
> The term "hyperglossia," as introduced by Pollock in his
>
> The Language of the Gods in the World of Men,
>
> refers to this phenomenon, though I am not sure how widespread this usage
> is. Pollock seems to have treated it as a neologism.
>
>
> If I understand just what you are talking about, James Strachey's
> translations of Freud -- e.g. his rendering of "das Ich" as "the ego" --
> may serve as a modern example. You may therefore find other terms for what
> you are looking for by digging into the critical literature on Strachey's
> translations.
>
>
> good luck,
>
> Matthew
>
>
> Matthew Kapstein
> Directeur d'études,
> Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
>
> Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies,
> The University of Chicago
> ------------------------------
> *From:* INDOLOGY <indology-bounces at list.indology.info> on behalf of Artur
> Karp via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 7, 2018 2:48:50 PM
> *To:* indology
> *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] A terminological question
>
> Dear List,
>
> [From my main e-mail address]
>
> In my work with the Pali works - original texts and their translations - I
> come across traces of a peculiar practice.
>
> The translators tend, not infrequently, to supplant plain, ordinary,
> common terms with their more elegant, subtler lexical equivalents.
>
> There is a *Greek/Latin* *term* for this practice - but I cannot recall
> it.
>
> May I count on your help *re*?
>
> Artur Karp
> Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit and Pali (ret.)
> Chair of South Asian Studies
> University of Warsaw
> Poland
>
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.


BoS, MIT School of Vedic Sciences, Pune, Maharashtra

BoS, Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth, Veliyanad, Kerala

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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