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19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

3495	Shared Background makes translation possible, though variation makes it hard [Searle]
	Full Idea: Difference in local Backgrounds make translation from one language to another difficult; the commonality of deep Background makes it possible at all.
	From: John Searle (The Rediscovery of the Mind [1992], Ch. 8.V)
	A reaction: That is a very good observation about what is normally swept under the one umbrella of the 'principle of charity'. Quine exaggerated the local, and Davidson exaggerated the deep.