INTERLANGUAGE TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE TRANSLATION FROM RUSSIAN INTO CHINESE OF G. SH. YAKHINA’S NOVEL “ZULEIKHA OPENS HER EYES”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 6-23
Author(s):  
Iana Ye. ANDREEVA ◽  
Natalia V. LABUNETS
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Comparative Linguistics ◽  
Verb Forms ◽  
Problems Of Translation ◽  
Language Pair

This article deals with the lexical and grammatical transformations in the translation of G. Sh. Yakhina’s novel “Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes” into Chinese. Currently, the theoretical and practical issues of translation in the aspect of the Russian-Chinese language pair remain relevant. At the same time, the problems of translation equivalence and adequacy are getting more recognition. This study aims to identify the specifics of interlingual transformations of Russian-Chinese translation based on a comparative analysis of the novel by G. Sh. Yakhina “Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes” (2015) and its Chinese translation (2017). It is the first such study of the presented literary text in terms of comparative-comparative linguistics. To comprehend the interlanguage transformations performed by the translator in the process of translation, the authors have used a comparative analysis of the texts in the source language and the translation. The significance of the differences in the grammatical structure of the Russian and Chinese languages explains the particular interest towards the study of the translation of a work of fiction. At the lexical level, the authors examine the specifics of the transmission of the nationally-marked corpus of the Tatar vocabulary into Chinese, which acquires special significance in the representation of the ethnocultural component of a literary text. In addition, the features of lexical transformations during translation are revealed through an appeal to the ideological vocabulary of the Soviet period. At the grammatical level, the authors analyze the morphological and syntactic transformations, as well as the transmission of verb forms. As a result of the study, the reasons for lexical, morphological and syntactycal translation transformations were established, and interlanguage barriers that reduce the equivalence of translation were identified.

LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE EVERYDAY LIFE CATEGORY IN THE NOVEL WRITTEN BY G. SH. YAKHINA “ZULEIKHA OPENS HER EYES” AND IN ITS TRANSLATION INTO CHINESE

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-95
Author(s):  
Iana E. ANDREEVA
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Russian Literary ◽  
Linguistic Methods ◽  
Linguistic Units ◽  
Language Pair

This article examines the linguistic means of representing the category of everyday life in the novel by G. Sh. Yakhina “Zuleikha opens her eyes” and in its translation into Chinese. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the anthropology of everyday life, a broad line of research into everyday life. Comparative study of linguistic units, which reveal the essence of everyday human existence, makes it possible to identify lacunar units that are difficult to translate fiction in the context of the Russian-Chinese language pair. The scientific novelty of the research is determined by the involvement in the analysis of linguistic methods of conveying the category of everyday life in the aspect of translating a Russian literary text into Chinese. The work used the methods of comparative, component, contextual analysis, the method of linguoculturological commenting. As a result of the study, the lexical-semantic, lexical-stylistic and grammatical lacunar units were identified, which demonstrate linguocultural barriers in the process of translating a text into Chinese. A comparative analysis of the texts was carried out in order to comprehend the lexical and grammatical transformations performed in the process of translation. As a result, the main ways of compensating for the lacunae of everyday life in Russian-Chinese translation were identified: transcription, tracing, descriptive translation, lexical-semantic replacement. In addition, it was found that the study of various options for depicting everyday life in a literary text not only makes it possible to identify lacunar units of everyday life, but also reveals the artistic and philosophical intention of the work.

scholarly journals “Own” and “alien” space in the novel “Dead Men Walking” by Steve Lyons

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Evgenii Vadimovich Vasil'ev
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Long Time ◽  
The Subject

The subject of this research is the peculiarities of organization of space in the novel “Dead Men Walking” by Steve Lyons from the perspective opposition “own – alien”. The research employs the cultural-historical method and comparative analysis. The article examines the peculiarities of perception of space in the novel. The basic conflict is association with intervention of the alien civilization on the planet of people. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the war erases the boundaries of “own” and “alien”, each of parties to the conflict has reason to believe that the planet is “their own”. The characters of the novel are divided into “living” and “dead”, which complicates the conflict and organization of space even more. Space in the literary text is the subject of multiple scientific articles. However, the works dedicated to examination of space in S. Lyons’ novel are not featured in modern literary studies, which defines the scientific novelty of this research. The conclusion is drawn that  for humanity and for alien civilization space is simultaneously “own” and “alien”, since other civilization existed on the planet for a long time prior to the arrival of humans. Moreover, the organization of space is complicated by the arrival of human forces of rom other planet, who were unfamiliar with the concept of “own” space at all, which affects the course of war and determines the fate of the characters in the novel. Such approach demonstrates that the concept of “own” and “alien” in the novel is vague due to the fact that it is impossible to unambiguously attribute the planet neither to “own” nor “alien” space.

scholarly journals THE PHENOMENON OF DISRUPTED COMMUNICATION IN THE NOVEL “EFFI BRIEST” BY THEODOR FONTANE AND IN THE FILM ADAPTATION BY RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER: SPEECH AND GESTURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-72
Author(s):  
Александра Владимировна Елисеева
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Film Adaptations ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Theodor Fontane ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Hierarchical Relationship ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Effi Briest

The subject of this article’s comparative intermedial analysis is the phenomenon of disrupted communication in the novel by the German writer Theodor Fontane “Effi Briest” (1895) and in the film adaptation of this work by Rainer Werner Fassbinder “Fontane Effi Briest” (1974). The article consists of five parts: 1) introduction; 2) analysis of dialogues in Fontane’s novel; 3) description of the means of creating the effect of disrupted communication in Fassbinder’s film; 4) comparative analysis of some fragments of two works by the method of close reading; 5) conclusions. Methodologically, the research is based on the achievements of the theory of communication, carpalistics, comparative and intermedial approaches to the study of film adaptations. The main point of the article is that the effect of disrupted communication, which is observed in numerous dialogues of Fontane’s novel, is also created by visual means in Fassbinder’s film, among which a significant place is occupied by a gesture. The gesture of turning away deserves special attention: the characters of the film turn away from each other, turn their backs to the interlocutor and the viewer, turn to their reflection. The unconventionality and intensity of such gestures accentuate the problematic nature of communication between the characters. This structure, peripheral in Fontane’s work, becomes central in the film of Fassbinder, grasping the viewers’ attention. In this regard, the article adds to a traditional discussion about the hierarchical relationship between a literary text and its film adaptation.

Narrazione dell’abbandono tra letteratura e cinema

Revue Romane ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 125-146
Author(s):  
Roberta Colonna Dahlman
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Narrative Strategies

This paper aims at offering a comparative analysis of the narrator in the novel I giorni dell’abbandono (2002) by the Italian writer Elena Ferrante, and the narrator in the cinematographic version of the same work I giorni dell’abbandono (2005), directed by Roberto Faenza. The paper focuses on some narrative properties that emerge in Elena Ferrante’s novel and compares the literary narrator to the cinematographic narrator in Roberto Faenza’s movie. Furthermore, the paper discusses different narrative strategies as used in these two different media, literary text and cinematographic work.

scholarly journals MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND ITS TRANSLATION IN RUSSIAN: PROBLEMS OF QUALITY

2018 ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Мария Галлямова ◽  
Mariya Gallyamova ◽  
Татьяна Баклыкова ◽  
Tat'yana Baklykova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Normative Requirements ◽  
The Devil

Many researchers in the field of linguistics note that it is quite difficult to find criteria for assessing the quality of a modern literary text. Nevertheless, the result of the translator's work is determined by how fully and successfully he has fulfilled the normative requirements. The object of this article is a comparative analysis of the novel «The Devil wears Prada» by Lauren Weisberger translated M.D. Malkova, T.N. Shabaeva

scholarly journals Variability and Difficulty in Translating Interjections (based on Russian and Kabardino-Circassian Languages)

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-37
Author(s):  
A. A. Afaunova (Tokova)
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Russian Language ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Morphological Classification ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Due Measure ◽  
Problems Of Translation ◽  
The Russian Language

The results of a comparative analysis of translated Russian texts of literary works with their original in the Kabardino-Circassian language are presented. Special attention is paid to the problems of translating interjections from one language into another. It is proved that the translator must have knowledge of the grammatical structure of the translated material and take into account the slightest semantic shades of words. Our observations revealed the features of borrowing interjections from the Russian language into Kabardian speech, which, assimilating, become part of linguistic culture. The novelty of the work is seen in the fact that in Kabardino-Circassian linguistics there are no scientific works devoted to the problems of translation of interjections. All available publications concerning this subject are literary. The relevance of the work is due to the need to improve the system of approaches to the translation of interjection units, since they are not taken into account by translators in due measure. A phonetic-morphological classification of methods for translating interjections is proposed in the article. It is proved that for an adequate and accessible translation of interjections as such, knowledge from the fields of phonetics, morphology, and semantics is most important.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of translation of words play from Russian into Chinese (on the example of V. Pelevin's novel “Generation “P”)

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-71
Author(s):  
Цзин Ли ◽  
Татьяна Николаевна Бурукина
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Language Game ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Postmodern Novel ◽  
Language Pair

Исследуются особенности перевода языковой игры русскоязычных произведений на китайский язык. Цель работы заключается в выявлении основных подходов к переводу игры слов в «классическом» современном романе В. Пелевина «Generation “П”» на китайский язык. Анализируемый материал представлен примерами из романа и его перевода, определяющиеся поэтикой различных названий; звучанием слоганов; обращением к текстам знаковых песен; обыгрыванием английской графики, английских выражений в русском культурном контексте; «обращенностью» к классике, ее крылатым выражениям. На основе проведенного анализа было установлено, что особенности передачи игры слов при переводе художественного текста с русского языка на китайский обусловлены целым рядом переводческих приемов и методов (в т.ч. замены, добавления и пр.), позволяющих представить «игровую» постмодернистскую эстетику, построенную по принципам интертекста. Материалы исследования могут служить основой для разработки переводческих соответствий в языковой паре русский-китайский. The article dwells upon the features of the translation of the language game from Russian into Chinese. The purpose of this work is to identify the main approaches to the translation of wordplay in the “classic” postmodern novel by V. Pelevin “Generation “P” into Chinese. Examples from the novel and its translation, determined by the poetics of various names, were used as the analyzed material; sounding slogans; referring to the texts of iconic songs; playing with English graphics, English expressions in the Russian cultural context; “appeal” to the classics, its catchphrases. Based on the analysis, it was found that the peculiarities of the transfer of wordplay when translating a literary text from Russian into Chinese are due to a number of translation techniques and methods (including replacements, additions, etc.) that allow us to present “playful” postmodern aesthetics which are built on the principles of intertext. Research materials can serve as a basis for the development of translation equivalents in the Russian-Chinese language pair.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF THE TRANSLATION OF IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS FROM RUSSIAN TO CHINESE (BASED ON N.OSTROVSKY’S «HOW STEEL WAS TEMPERED»)

2021 ◽  
pp. 240-246
Author(s):  
Сунь Синкай
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Original Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Chinese Translation ◽  
Idiomatic Expressions ◽  
Set Up

В статье рассматриваются особенности перевода идиом с русского на китайский на материале романа Н. Островского «Как закалялась сталь». Объектом научного рассмотрения в статье выступают идиомы и их передача на китайский. Проведен сопоставительный анализ идиоматических выражений двух вариантов перевода на китайский и исходного текста. Проанализирован ряд примеров для решения эквивалентной интерпретации идиоматических выражений. The article examines the features of the translation of idioms from Russian into Chinese based on the novel «Как закалялась сталь» (eng. «How steel was tempered») by N. Ostrovsky. The object of the research is idioms and their translations into Chinese. A comparative analysis of idiomatic expressions of two versions of the Chinese translation and the original text is carried out. A number of examples used to set up the equivalency between the studied idiomatic expressions are analysed.

scholarly journals VARIABLY-INTERPRETIVE POTENTIAL OF THE LITERARY TEXT AND ITS REALIZATION IN THE TRANSALTION (BASED ON CHUCK PALAHNIUK'S NOVEL "FIGHT CLUB")

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-69
Author(s):  
Anna Zadorozhna ◽  
Vasyl Bialyk
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
General Knowledge ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Chuck Palahniuk ◽  
Fight Club ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Individual Style

The article examines the variability of translation of the text of fiction as performed by different translators. The purpose of the work is to study and identify the diversity of the translation strategies and features of their application in the translation of a literary text. The method of comparative analysis proved to be effective in the scientific investigation. The subject of the research is a literary text, its original and translation. The postulates of translation theorists on linguistic variability and multiplicity of translations have been outlined. The subjective-objective activity of the translator as a mediator in bilingual communication was highlighted. The peculiarities of Chuck Palahniuk's writing style have been determined and the preservation of the author's individual style in Ukrainian translations has been analyzed. A comparative analysis of fragments of the translation of the literary text made by Ukrainian translators has been carried out. It was discovered that in the process of translation the translator relies not only on his knowledge of the languages, but also on the general knowledge of other areas of human life. It has been established that the perception and understanding of the text by the recipients depends on how the translator interprets the text of the original and how adequately s/he conveys its context and whether s/he is able to preserve the author's style. The study was based on the novel "Fight Club" by the contemporary American writer Chuck Palahniuk and its translations into Ukrainian by Illia Strongovskyi and Oleh Lesko. It has been proved that translations made into the same language by different translators can differ significantly from each other.

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