TERM AND TRANSLATION
difference / difference-in-itself
différence / différence en elle-mêmedifference / difference-in-itself
差异 is stable in published translation and scholarship; the qualifier in itself is added when needed to show that difference is not subordinate to identity, opposition, or comparison.
Atlas working translation
差异
- French term
- différence / différence en elle-même
- English term
- difference / difference-in-itself
Variants and search terms
- 差Simplified record
- 差别Simplified record
- 差异本身Simplified record
- 自在差异Simplified record
- 差異Traditional record
- 差別Traditional record
- 差異本身Traditional record
- differenceCommon / non-Chinese record
- difference-in-itselfCommon / non-Chinese record
Conceptual boundary
Difference is a genetic relation producing objects, identities, and series; distinctions between ready-made objects are its results.
Sources and translations
- 01Gilles Deleuze, Différence et répétition, PUF, 1968
French primary text.
- 02《差异与重复》，安靖、张子岳译，华东师范大学出版社，2019
Published Mainland translation used to check core ontological terminology.
- 03“德勒兹词典”中文社区语料
Community index for discovering regional and historical variants.
Open external source ↗ - 04Time-Image Research Atlas terminology policy, v1
Atlas terms govern prose, aliases remain searchable, and original-language forms accompany first use.