scholarly journals Literary Translation Teaching/Learning as a TRI-PHASE PROCESS: Case Study: Arabic-English and English-Arabic Translation of Novels

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies ◽  
Mohammed MEDIOUNI
Keyword(s):  
Literary Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Phase Method ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Figures Of Speech ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Phase Process

The aim of the present work is to demonstrate a tri-phase method for teaching literary translation. The first pre-translation phase consists in introducing the author, his/her works, style and the text to be translated. The second phase, the translation proper, is divided into three sub-phases: (a) the identification of problems (connotative meanings, figures of speech, idioms, uncommon collocations, culture-bound items, …), (b) the treatment of these problems by opting for the adequate procedures which should be in tune with the overall translation strategy opted for, and (c) the translation of the whole text into the target language. The final third phase is of revision and assessment. The criteria to be taken into consideration are genre-related and the focus is on the stylistic match or mismatch between the source and target texts. The present process-oriented method of literary translation is illustrated through three in-class translations of three literary texts from Arabic into English and vice versa. The targeted students are enrolled in the Master of Translation Science and Linguistics during Fall-Semester 2017 at the Faculty of Humanities at the University Abdelmalek Essaadi. The study concluded that literary translation should be taught as a creative tri-phase process throughout which students are made fully aware of the significance and impact of the strategies they opt for in order to deal with the different literary translation problems and attain the perfect stylistic equivalence so aspired for by literary translators.

scholarly journals Literary translation: implantation vs transference

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-94
Author(s):  
AlZu’bi Khaled
Keyword(s):  
Figurative Language ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Work Of Art ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Figures Of Speech

The figurative language employed by authors, which reflects their styles of writing, is one main reason behind the challenges that most literary translators encounter when dealing with literary works. Usually employed for aesthetic and poetic purposes, figures of speech imply connotative meanings. In literary works, words are used only assigns to settle down the flying spirits of meanings and ideas so that the audience can have a thread that could lead them to intended meanings. I believe that literary translators should face the challenges of translating literary works through two main approaches. First, transferring the work of art as it is without trying to find any equivalent in the target language for any piece of text in the source language. The aim of such type of translation would be familiarizing the audience in the target language with the literature and culture of the source language. Second, translating the SL work of art creatively, i.e. using all possible strategies and procedures to find natural equivalents in the TL for any stylistic features in the SLT. This type of translation should aim at pleasing and entertaining the TL audience.

A corpus-based study on imagery and symbolism in Goldblatt’s translation of Red Sorghum

Babel ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng-Lin Chen
Keyword(s):  
Literary Translation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Mo Yan ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Figures Of Speech ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Translation Study ◽  
Key Word

Abstract Research on Goldblatt’s translation of Red Sorghum has attracted more attention in recent years after its author Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for this work. This translation study has addressed the imagery and symbolism in this classic Chinese work, an area that has yet to be investigated with the use of empirical data. The study employed the corpus-based approach, and analysed the translation of images and symbols based on a parallel translation corpus of Chapters 1 and 2 found in the text of Red Sorghum. Most important images and symbols are represented by 30 distinct nouns in the novel as successfully translated into English as a result of the translator’s adoption of a literal translation strategy. A more focused examination of a translation of the most prominent key word, sorghum, finds that the translator has faithfully adopted the imagery and symbolism techniques in the source text whenever conveying the images and symbols of sorghum across cultures. Based on the findings, this study argues that images and symbols in the source text may present themselves in the translation of novels if translators adopt a source-oriented translation strategy. Our analyses of the translation of figures of speech, namely similes, personifications and repetitions further highlight the importance of taking concert and literal translation strategies into the realm of literary translation.

Translation of Persian Mystic Terms into English: A Case Study of Conference of the Birds by Attar

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Sadaf Khosroshahi ◽  
Ahmad Sedighi
Keyword(s):  
Dominant Strategy ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Direct Transfer ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
English Translations ◽  
The One ◽  
Persian Translation

Translation of mystic terms or metaphors is a very important portion of rendering a text from a source language to a target language, because some of mystic terms do not exist in the target language and this point makes the translation harder. This paper aimed at identifying the translation strategies and procedures used by Darbandi and Davis (1984) in The Conference of the Birds of Attar Neishabouri. To achieve the objectives, Attar’s Persian original work (Shafiei Kadkani, 2010) was read carefully to extract mystical terms.  Then, the translated text by Darbandi, and Davis (1984) was carefully read and the corresponding English translations of Persian mystical term were found.  The original mystical terms and their Persian translation were analyzed based on Van Doorslaer’s (2007) map to find out translation strategies and procedures used by the translators on the one hand and indicate the dominant strategy and procedure in the whole work of translation on the other. The result showed that literal translation strategy (72.41%) was the most frequently used strategy and direct transfer procedure (68.96%) was the most frequently used procedure.  This paper may have some implications in literary translation and help translation instructors and translation trainees as well in translation classes.

Strategies of Translating Martial Arts Fiction

Babel ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Mok
Keyword(s):  
Martial Arts ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Literary Genre ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Martial Arts Fiction ◽  
Jin Yong ◽  
The One ◽  
Contemporary Chinese

The strategies of translating Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, a martial arts novel by Jin Yong, into English are determined mainly by the skopos of bringing Jin Yong’s work to life for a Western audience, shaped also by the translator’s ideology and the poetics dominant in the receiving culture. It follows that the functions associated with translating this literary text, a major genre in contemporary Chinese literature, would include introducing martial arts fiction as a literary genre; introducing Jin Yong as a master storyteller; and presenting genre-specific devices employed in penning a classic work. An overriding strategy adopted by the translator proved to be extensive rewriting into the target language as the translated work only materialized after serious efforts at recreative translating. The fluent translation strategy, when aptly used, is the one that effects transparency, thereby evoking authorial presence in a literary translation.

scholarly journals Information Technology in Teaching and Learning French as a Foreign Language at the University of Jordan

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (26) ◽  
pp. 399
Author(s):  
Nahed Emaish
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
University Of Jordan ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Power Point ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This research aims to investigate to what extent students and professors at the University of Jordan use information technology in teaching and learning French. It also intends to evaluate the effect that IT tools have on the teaching/learning of this language at the Department of French at this university. The study sample was confined to (90) third-year students majoring in French. Another sample included all (8) professors in the department. The research method utilized two questionnaires, one for the professors and the other for students. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics, and highlighting means and frequencies. The findings revealed that technology is used by the majority of students for such tasks as using online dictionaries, getting information for their projects and assignments and doing power point presentations. These activities play a part in developing their learning of the language. The findings also showed limitations in their interaction with native-speakers, use of social media, movies, and songs in the target language. As for the professors, the answers revealed that information technology is not often used in their courses. And when used, it is limited to e-mails or power-point presentations.

scholarly journals Translation Strategy of Figure of Speech in Short Story

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Figures Of Speech ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study is a descriptive qualitative study which concern with literary translation in a short story. It aimed at identifying figures of speech and also describing the strategies applied in translating figure of speech. The data was collected by library research method and note taking technique. The finding showed that the figure of speech found were mostly simile and one hyperbole. The strategies applied were retention of the similar vehicle, and retention of the same vehicle plus explication of similarity feature (s).

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of the Use of Lexical Analytical Constructions and their Translation into Lithuanian in Italian and French Literary Texts

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-204
Author(s):  
Paulina Ulozienė ◽  
Aurelija Leonavičienė
Keyword(s):  
French Literature ◽  
Italian Literature ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Umberto Eco ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Analytical Construction ◽  
Quantitative Results

SummaryThe intensification of research on Lithuanian translations of Italian literature and Italian translations of Lithuanian literature over the past twenty years is paralleled by the growth of interest in Italian literature in Lithuania. However, the existing research on diverse linguistic and cultural characteristics of texts translated from Italian into Lithuanian and vice versa has been sporadic, thus leaving much to be done to uncover links between the two languages and identify translation-related issues. The present article looks into one of the issues, namely, the lexical analytical construction of the Italian language and its translation into Lithuanian. Fictional texts by two representative Italian contemporary writers, Alesandro Baricco and Umberto Eco are chosen as a source of data including over three thousand pages of the source language (SL) and the target language (TL) texts. The results are compared with similar studies on translation of French literary texts into Lithuanian. The study on the translation of lexical analytical constructions in Italian literary texts translated into Lithuanian uses the theoretical framework and methodology provided by the Italian School of Semiotic Translation represented by Umberto Eco and Bruno Osimo among others. The study adopts a holistic approach to the analysis of lexical analytical constructions in Lithuanian translations of Italian literature. Comparative quantitative study has revealed three translation strategies: reformulation, translation without changes and remodelling. Reformulation has been identified to be the most frequent translation strategy. Its frequency was five times higher than that of translation without changes. The latter strategy was twice more frequent than the strategy of remodelling, which, accounts for less than ten per cent of all translation cases. Uses of calque or omission as translation strategies were not found. Comparison of quantitative results regarding the distribution of translation strategies adopted in the Lithuanian translations of Italian and French literary texts and a qualitative analysis of examples revealed similar tendencies in translation choices. It is important to note that changes of lexical analytical constructions into noun constructions were one and a half times less frequent in the translations of Italian literature than in the translations of French literature. Italian and French lexical analytical constructions were replaced by noun constructions in cases when in the SL text these constructions designated object and result but not action. Thus, it can be assumed that lexical analytical constructions in French literary texts were relatively more frequent than those in Italian literary texts.

scholarly journals Estrategias de traducción ante las alteraciones de la lengua estándar y los juegos de palabras / Translation strategies for variations of the standard language and word plays

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-235
Author(s):  
Isabel García Adánez
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Standard Language ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Free Translation

En la traducción de textos literarios es frecuente hallar alteraciones de la lengua estándar (dialectalismos o peculiaridades lingüísticas) y juegos de palabras. La dificultad para traducir estos casos reside en la imposibilidad de ser literales y en la necesidad de encontrar normas a las que aferrarse a la hora de tomarse ciertas libertades. Partimos de ejemplos textuales de casos problemáticos para analizar primero los elementos de alteración del estándar y sus efectos en la lengua de partida; después, lo esencial es reflexionar sobre las posibilidades que ofrece la lengua de llegada para alcanzar efectos similares. Desde el punto de vista didáctico, el desarrollo de estrategias de traducción en estos casos extremos no sólo puede ser importante para resolver ejemplos de este tipo, sino también un buen entrenamiento para la traducción literaria en general, que se caracteriza por un uso de la lengua siempre creativo.   In literary translation, it is frequent to find variations of the standard language (use of dialect or peculiar idiolects) as well as word plays. The difficulty of translating these examples often is due to the impossibility of being literal and to the necessity of finding norms to guide a more or less free translation. At first, some of these problematic examples are analyzed in order to detect which elements cause the alterations of the standard and which effects they have; second, it is necessary to reflect on the possibilities offered by the target language to achieve similar effects. From the didactic perspective, the development of translation strategies for these extreme cases is important not only for solving problems of this kind. It is also a good training for literary texts in general, which are characterized by an always creative use of language.

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