"Besteht das Original nicht um dessentwillen, wie ließe sich dann die Übersetzung aus dieser Beziehung verstehen?"
— Walter Benjamin

January 1, 1970

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If the original does not exist for the reader's sake, how could the translation be understood on the basis of this premise?