On Translations: The Metamorphosis of Content in Objects and Bodies
Summary. The conference offers a critical reexamination of the concept of translation, juxtaposing traditional philological cases from Eastern and Western literary cultures with more experimental approaches drawn from philosophy, art therapy, and esoteric studies. Through this comparative and interdisciplinary lens, it uncovers and illuminates unexpected, often concealed dimensions of translation—facets that deepen scholarly inquiry and reveal intricate interconnections across fields: Dalia Švambarytė, in her presentation “The World of Numbers in Culture and Translation: The Case of the Japanese and Lithuanian Languages,” explains the challenges involved in translating Japanese numerals into Lithuanian—a language shaped by a different religious, folkloric, and ethical environment. Tadas Snuviškis, in his presentation “A Comparative Analysis of Sanskrit and Chinese Terminology in the Daśapadārthaśāstra (勝宗十句義論): Aspects of Translation and Semantic Shifts,” examines the translation of key Sanskrit terminology from the Vaiśeṣika school of Indian philosophy (6th century) into Chinese. Žilvinas Vareikis, in his presentation “Some Aspects of the Concept of Consistency in the Translation of Max Scheler’s Philosophy,” considers which translation strategies are most suitable for Scheler’s texts and how the translator’s role should be understood in the process of translating philosophical works. Rasius Makselis, in his presentation “Archaic Realism and the Impossibility of Translation,” defines the philosophical premises of archaic realism in Plato’s dialogue Cratylus and discusses manifestations of this phenomenon in various situations of translation impossibility. Aivaras Stepukonis, in his presentation “Biblical and Philosophical Hermeneutics: How to Translate Sense into Action?,” argues for the importance of the link between thought and behavior for theoretical understanding. Stanislavas Mostauskis, in his presentation “Experiences in Translation, or a Short Story of a Girl Told in Pictures,” explores the illustrator’s ability to express her experience through iconographic drawing motifs and translate it into the interpretive text proposed by the researcher.
Keywords: number, numeral, Chinese characters, Japanese phonetics, symbolic meaning, four, eight, nine, Murakami Haruki, George Orwell, measurements, historical periodization, age counting, significant dates, sheep chase, Vaiśeṣika, Daśapadārthaśāstra, translation, Sanskrit, Chinese terminology, philosophical translation, translator, Max Scheler, phenomenology, theory of translation, translation, realism, conventionalism, hermeneutics, ancient Lithuanian literature, Biblical studies, Holy Scripture, translation, hermeneutics, literary criticism, polysemy, fourfold sense, epistemology, powerless thinking, powerful thinking, pneumatics of thinking, art therapy, adolescence, disclosure of personal experience, iconographic analysis, change of gaze.
