The translation of The Speculative &mark poses a number of technical difficulties, some of which should be pointed out: In the original text all passages from Hegel are quoted in French, even if, in some instances, references to the German edition alone are given. Nancy, however, abundantly inserts either complete sentences, phrases, or words in German in all of them, and his commentary, in aiming to adhere to the terms of Hegel's text, makes this gloss indispensable. However, some German

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... s or words to which Nancy attracts notice in the French passages do not appear in the English translation of Hegel. I have accordingly modified the English translation following Nancy's gloss and commentary on the text when necessary. Where this would have required too drastic a retranslation of Hegel, I have simply pointed x "Speaking in W{zter"