In his essay "The Task of the Translator," Walter Benjamin's main argument is that the purpose of translation is not to relay a lesson or moral, because translation is a means of interpreting art. The purpose of art itself is not primarily to communicate any moral or lesson, because art itself is
In his essay "The Task of the Translator," Walter Benjamin's main argument is that the purpose of translation is not to relay a lesson or moral, because translation is a means of interpreting art. The purpose of art itself is not primarily to communicate any moral or lesson, because art itself is