scholarly journals The Potential of Literary Translation in Intercultural Communication: Ota Pavel’s Short Stories for the Russian Reader

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Cherepanova
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Translation Tools ◽  
Jewish Humor ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Texts

The purpose of this article is to reveal the specifics of the translation of cross-cultural texts by the Czech writer Ota Pavel. The main research methods are a description of potential difficulties and possible solutions, a comparative analysis of the translation and the original, contextual analysis, the use of analog texts to indicate the genre nature of the translated text. The main conclusions of the article are as follows: to convey the style of Ota Pavel, the translator must recreate the model of the world presented in the original text, which includes the specific features of Czech and Jewish cultures, by transmitting such characteristics of the text as slow narration, an abundance of retreats, repetitions, details, comparisons, specific Jewish humor using such translation tools as historical and cultural translation comments and compulsory translation transformations. The latter include: lexical transformations (translational transcription, tracing, lexical-semantic substitutions); lexical and grammatical transformations (explication, transformation); grammatical transformations (syntactic assimilation, division of sentences, combining sentences, grammatical replacements). Keywords: cross-cultural texts, analog texts, contextual analysis, adaptation, translation transformations

TRANSLATION AS MENTAL INTERPRETATION ACTIVITY IN LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (28) ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Svitlana Gruschko
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Language

In the article the phenomenon of translation is regarded as mental interpretation activity not only in linguistics, but also in literary criticism. The literary work and its translation are most vivid guides to mental and cultural life of people, an example of intercultural communication. An adequate perception of non-native culture depends on communicators’ general fund of knowledge. The essential part of such fund of knowledge is native language, and translation, being a mediator, is a means of cross-language and cross-cultural communication. Mastering another language through literature, a person is mastering new world and its culture. The process of literary texts’ translation requires language creativity of the translator, who becomes so-called “co-author” of the work. Translation activity is a result of the interpreter’s creativity and a sort of language activity: language units are being selected according to language units of the original text. This kind of approach actualizes linguistic researching of real translation facts: balance between language and speech units of the translated work (i.e. translationinterpretation, author’s made-up words, or revised language peculiarities of the characters). The process of literary translation by itself should be considered within the dimension of a dialogue between cultures. Such a dialogue takes place in the frame of different national stereotypes of thinking and communicational behavior, which influences mutual understanding between the communicators with the help of literary work being a mediator. So, modern linguistics actualizes the research of language activities during the process of literary work’s creating. This problem has to be studied furthermore, it can be considered as one of the central ones to be under consideration while dealing with cultural dimension of the translation process, including the process of solving the problems of cross-cultural communication.

RENDERING OF THE CONCEPTUAL PICTURE OF THE WORLD IN THE MORAL AND ETHICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ENGLISH DYSTOPIAN NOVEL IN UKRAINIAN TRANSLATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (31) ◽  
pp. 435-452
Author(s):  
Olena Velychenko ◽  
Yevheniia Shylova
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Ethical Discourse ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Translation Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Ethical Component ◽  
Selection Of

The article considers the problem of reflecting the picture of the world of English social dystopia and its moral and ethical component in the author’s idiosyncrasy, as well as ways of its reproduction in modern translation into Ukrainian. The urgency of this issue is dictated by the dynamism and variability of society, the processes of globalization and integration of states and nations, the need to find a common language in intercultural communication, solving common problems, finding compromises through faithful cross-cultural communication, interaction and cooperation. Within the framework of the research a comprehensive translation analysis was made, which allowed to outline the concepts related to the conceptual picture of the world and moral and ethical discourse of the dystopian novel, to find out and compare the features of authorial and translational transferring of the conceptual picture of the world in moral and ethical discourse in Ukrainian translation, as well as to characterize its tactical and strategic basis and translation operations. To reproduce the culturologically complicated, but conceptually important components of the picture of the world in the dystopian novel, it is necessary to adhere to the principles of “flexibility” and “combinatoriality” in the selection of translation operations for faithful rendering of these components. It is established that the correctness and faithfulness of rendering of the conceptual picture of the world in the dystopian novel is possible due to the holistic-situational perception and translation of the original text, wide subject and rich background knowledge of the translator, his/her creative intuition, pragmatic adaptation of the source text using logical and semantic, cross-cultural and occasional ways of solving the problem and adherence to an objective tactical and strategic approach in translation.

scholarly journals Pragmatic Coherence and Equivalence in Literary Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-154
Author(s):  
Shushanik Paronyan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Pragmatic Analysis ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Pragmatic Equivalence

The topic of the present paper concerns cultural translation and focuses on the cross-cultural aspect of pragmatic equivalence. It is based on the hypothesis that the pragmatic framework of the literary work, i.e.  the deliberate choice of  tied verbal actions and the interpretations of these actions, forms  an important slot in the overall structure of cultural context and displays the artistic literary idea of the writer.  Hence the research work clearly shows that literary translation should adequately transmit the intentions and ideas encoded in the original text to the readers from the respective culture. The cross-cultural pragmatic analysis of the speech act sequences and reporting words carried out on the material of a literary work in English and its Armenian translation has enabled us to determine that the violation of pragmatic coherence of the source text distorts the cultural context planned by the author.

DIALOGUE OF CULTURIES IN THE WORLD “WITHOUT BORDERS” AS DETERMINANT OF SOCIAL ORDER

2012 ◽  
Vol 163 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-52
Author(s):  
Marek BODZIANY
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Classical Theory ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Imperialism ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
The World

The main goal of the article is to describe rudimentary issues concerning cross-cultural communication, particularly in the context of keeping and building social order in the world. In the article the author focuses on the influence of the lack of dialogues between nationalities on the conflict of culture. One direction of the author’s considerations was the influence of globalization and cultural imperialism on the problems of contemporary world. In addition, the article concerns the theoretical areas of intercultural communication, in particular its historical sources and classical theory.

scholarly journals Communicative Restrictions in Chinese Academic Discourse

2020 ◽  
pp. 304-315
Author(s):  
Natalia G. Burmakina ◽  
Iuliia I. Detinko ◽  
Irina G. Nagibina ◽  
Iana V. Popova
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Academic Mobility ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Face Saving ◽  
Academic Communication

The article is devoted to the study of communicative restrictions (taboo) in the academic space of the People’s Republic of China. Taboo in Chinese linguistic culture is based on the dominant principle of Chinese ideology – the principle of “saving of face” (face-saving), which allows people to effectively build harmonious relations in the academic community. The aim of the study is to identify the specifics of communicative restrictions in formal and informal academic communication within the framework of asymmetric, unequal, relations (“teacher – student”, “research supervisor – student”) and symmetrical, equal, relations (“teacher – teacher”, “student – student”). With the help of ethnographic, descriptive, and contextual analysis methods, the authors identify and present seven most relevant topics of taboo functioning in the process of formal and informal academic interaction. The results of the study can be used in theoretical and practical courses on communicative linguistics, discursive linguistics and discourse analysis, pragmalinguistics and intercultural communication. In addition, the work may be useful in developing cross-cultural trainings in the framework of interaction with China on academic mobility programs

scholarly journals Digital educational environment in the context of preparing students-linguists for intercultural communication

2020 ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Olga A. Chekun
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
World Economy ◽  
International School ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Cross Cultural Differences ◽  
The World ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Impact

The article explores the issues of preparing students-linguists for intercultural communication using a digital educational environment and various digital tools and the impact of the digital educational environment on students’ motivation. The author considers the pedagogical potential of the digital educational environment and digital tools in preparing students for intercultural communication. The author conducted a survey for students-linguists of “International School of Business and the World Economy” of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics within the course “Introduction to the Theory of Intercultural Communication” in the context of this methodology. The survey results showed positive changes in motivation and understanding of cross-cultural differences.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVE CREATIVE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF BUSINESS INTERACTION: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 199-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justinas Braslauskas
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Business Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Geert Hofstede ◽  
Intercultural Interaction ◽  
The World ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis

Although various aspects of intercultural communication have been addressed in the works of various authors, there is still a lack of works that describe intercultural communication from the new viewpoint – in terms of effective intercultural business interaction, theoretical analysis of models of the classification of cultures, and combination of theoretical and practical insights in overcoming the obstacles of intercultural interaction. There is also a lack of works that highlight creativity as an integral part of cross-cultural business communication. In the belief of the author of the article, without a close synthesis of these aspects, it is impossible to understand in detail the meaning of effective intercultural business interaction. Purpose of the article – to analyse theoretical and practical aspects of effective cross-cultural business communication based on creativity. In the article, through the use of the models of the classification of cultures of various researchers from around the world (Richard R. Gesteland, Edward T. Hall, Richard D. Lewis, Geert Hofstede, Gert Jan Hofstede, Michael Minkov, Shalom H. Schwartz), the aspects of multiculturalism in the context of intercultural business interaction are highlighted. The work analyses creativity as an integral part of effective cross-cultural business communication. The publication also describes the barriers in the intercultural interaction and ways to overcome it. Research methods used in the work: systematic, comparative, logical analysis and synthesis of scientific literature.

scholarly journals THE PRAGMATIC DIMENSION OF METAPHOR TRANSLATION IN THE SPANISH POETRY OF THE 27TH GENERATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
Thinhinane Ait HADDA ◽  
Meriem Fellag ARIOUAT
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Spanish Poetry ◽  
Hundredth Anniversary ◽  
Translation Tools ◽  
Graphic Images ◽  
Pragmatic Dimension

Literary translation is one of the most difficult and complex types of translations, especially when it comes to translating poetry and the graphic images it carries, as these images are an expressive tool, as we find that the metaphor tops the verses of the Spanish 27-generation poets, the generation that emerged after the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the death of the poet Louis De Gongra, because of the conditions in which they lived and the censorship they were subjected to during the period of General Franco's regime, the metaphor was a means of expressing the lived reality, which links the tangible with the abstract, and calls the reader to the realization of thought as a result of implicit sayings difficult to understand. If the original text is difficult to understand, how The transfer to the other language, in which the matter will become more complicated to decode the content of each borrowing and reformulate it in the language transferred to it, and thus the translation of the metaphor is among the most important issues that occupy translation in its theoretical and practical parts. Through this intervention, we touched upon the study of the pragmatic dimension of translating a metaphor in the poetry of the 27th generation, focusing in that on studying the competencies of the translator when transmitting it, and we raised the following problem: What are the linguistic and translation tools that help to investigate the pragmatic dimension in decoding the content of the metaphor in the original text And to achieve the goal of the writer? Our aim of this research is to finally highlight these tools that help the translator in his work and convey this type of images with the same meaning and effect.

scholarly journals Translation as a Communication Strategy in Representing National Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aizhan Akkaliyeva ◽  
Baktigul Abdykhanova ◽  
Lyazat Meirambekova ◽  
Zhanar Jambaeyva ◽  
Galiya Tussupbekova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
International Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Cultural Communication ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication

The linguistic trinity policy, which has been implemented in Kazakhstan since its independence in the 1990s, is aimed at integrating translation into global processes. Kazakh-Russian bilingualism, caused by the historical and geopolitical proximity of the two countries, is now turning into trilingualism, joining up with English as the dominant language for international communication. Literary translation as a part of cross-cultural communication is also involved in social inclusion processes, contributing to the exchange of cultural values and a better understanding of modern multilingual Kazakhstani society. This article focuses on the issue of presenting Kazakh literature in translation through a mediating language and the research involves an analysis of culture-related lexemes as representations of a nomadic lifestyle in the mirror of intercultural communication. The authors highlight cultural and linguistic aspects of Kazakh transmitted from the mediatory Russian into the target English. Based on a review of previous findings on indirect literary translation, this article discusses whether a mediating language affects the inclusion of Kazakh culture in the globalization process.

Advances in Semiotics of Translation: A Model of Text Analysis and Comparison for Literary Translation

2020 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
pp. 297-300
Author(s):  
Alize Can Rençberler
Keyword(s):  
Text Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Original Text ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
Text Types ◽  
Semantic Awareness

Unlike other text types, literary texts offer signs with semantic diversity and several reading modes to the reader through different genres. Translation of literary texts puts them through cultural circulation across the world. Translators, incurring the responsibility of the original texts, pondering on the ways to overcome the pitfalls, and bringing the translated text to readers’ service, undertake a challenge to succeed in the initiative for this circulation. In the book’s foreword, Sündüz Öztürk Kasar draws attention to this point and clarifies that the act of translation admittedly alters the direction of the text it deals with, evolving it into another world of language and culture. Translation also reveals the meaning of the original text that has not been realized in the target culture’s linguistic and socio-cultural context but conceivably expecting to be discovered between the lines. According to Öztürk Kasar, that is the reason why translators should be more sensitive to the signs than anybody else is and have linguistic and semantic awareness.

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