François Ost : « Intraduisible? Qu'entendez-vous par là? »

The third workshop in the 2010/2011 series "Les intraduisibles en droit" will be given by Professor François Ost, vice-chancellor at the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, Belgium.

As a philosopher of language, François Ost will reflect onwhat it means for something to be "untranslatable". He will argue for the necessarily imperfect character of translation (as is the case with respect to language itself), dismissing in this way two simplifying theses: that of "omnitranslatability" and that of the impossibility of translation.

As a philosopher of law, he will then explore comparative law's particular function as a type of translation.

Entrance is free but registration is required.

To register, please email jimena.andinodorato [at] mcgill.ca