scholarly journals „EIN MONOLOG DES FÜRSTEN MYSCHKIN1“ (NACH FEDOR DOSTOEVSKIJS ROMAN IDIOT) VON INGEBORG BACHMANN UND SEINE ÜBERTRAGUNGEN INS RUSSISCHE: ASPEKTE DER ÜBERSETZUNGSFORSCHUNG

2021 ◽  
Vol XII (38) ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Andrea Meyer-Fraaz
Keyword(s):  
Political History ◽  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Ingeborg Bachmann ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Oriented Approach

The paper analyzes three translations of a fragment of Ingeborg Bachmann’s libretto for Hans Werner Henze’s ballet, The Idiot. Bachmann’s libretto is based on Dostoevsky’s novel, but it also expresses crucial themes of her own poetry, which is underlined by the fact that the text was integrated into her book of poems, Invocation of the Great Bear. Following the transfer-oriented approach of the Göttingen School of translation research, first, the semantic structure of the source text is examined, after which, the target texts are analyzed with regard to significant deviations, which are then explained against the backgrounds of literary, cultural and social-political history. The fact that Bachmann’s text refers back to Dostoevsky’s novel plays a not inconsiderable role in the choice of texts to be translated.

scholarly journals AN ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF ANY MINUTE

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Agus Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
English Novel ◽  
Annotated Translation

This research is an annotated translation. The object of the research is an English novel entitled Any Minute. The problems of the research are: 1) What are the difficulties the translator/researcher encountered during the process of translating the novel Any Minute? and 2) What are the solutions for those problems/difficulties? The objectives of this research are: a) to attain factual information concerning the problems/difficulties faced by the researcher and b) to solve the problems/difficulties in the course of translating the source text. In this annotated translation research, the translator/researcher uses the introspective and retrospective methods. The result and analysis reveal that there are 2 words, 8 phrases, 2 clauses, 8 sentences, and 5 idioms from the 25 data of the aspects of languages analyzed that were difficult for the translator/researcher. Those difficulties were at the same time became the problems of the translator/researcher. The solutions of the problems were attained by the annotation or analysis done relevant to the translation strategies and translation theories.

scholarly journals Strategi Penambahan dan Penghilangan Makna: Kasus Penerjemahan Teks Hukum Bisnis dari Bahasa Inggris ke bahasa Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Florence E Kotambunan
Keyword(s):  
Causal Model ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Business Law ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Translation Error ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Translation Practice ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Impact

<span>To show how important the equivalence of ST and TT in business law text is the main goal of this research. Besides that, the benefit of this research is to motivate a translator to become more critical and accurate in producing more quality translations. The results of research can be utilized as a benchmark to conduct further research in a similar study. The library research and field method are commonly administered in translation research. And the technique of analyzing data exerts comparative and causal model between the Source Text (ST) and the Target Text (TT). It is determined that the approach is pursuant to ST and TT both Nord Extra-textual and Intra-textual factors. In addition, the research scope is limited to addition and omission, the strategy of translating in word, phrase or term, clause, and sentence. The conformity of ST and TT to Grice’s maxim is also analyzed as the effect of employing strategy of translating, the addition and omission. These research findings, firstly verifies that extra-textual and intra-textual factors are mostly integrated in achieving equivalence of ST and TT. Secondly, it is also discovered that translation error of deviation, addition, and omission of meaning as the impact of translating strategy application, addition and omission. Thirdly, it is acquired that writing business law text in English is more conventional compared to Indonesian. In conclusion, the translation of business law text complies with faithful and conventional main criteria. Moreover, not only the mastery of other knowledge related but also good collaboration are required between concerned parties and determined the success of translation practice. Therefore, it is wished for these results and implications could be referred to proceed with comprehensive research in other legal texts. Hereafter, it is also advised that proofreading is performed more than twice to minimalize misinterpretation. </span>

scholarly journals THE FIVE CONSTRUCTS FOR TRANSLATION QUALITY ANALYSES; A PILOT STANDARDIZATION OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TRANSLATION PRODUCTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Kirembwe Rashid Abdul Hamed ◽  
Elhadi Moh. M. Ohida
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Quality Analysis ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Translation Quality ◽  
Scientific Questions ◽  
Overall Reliability

This pilot research analyses the translation quality constructs that deem necessary for both source text ST and target text TT. The researchers’ experiences in translation research and practice revealed that basically, there are five constructs of translation quality analysis which can always correlate with TT regardless of differences in translation models or theoretical backgrounds used. The Five Constructs for Translation Quality Analysis (FCTQA) include: translator, source text ST, ST initiator, translation process and linguistic characteristics. Thus, this pilot study was directed to develop basic translation quality constructs for reliable translation products’ analyses. Hence, the research was designed to answer five scientific questions about both the validity and reliability of (FCTQA) in question. This study used purposive sampling techniques and a questionnaire for the process of internal consistency data collection which included the sample of professional translators in both countries; Malaysia and Libya. Each construct was loaded with a number of respective factors. The questionnaires were distributed to (n=30) of the said professional translators and all were completed and returned to the researchers. The process of data analyses depended much on descriptive statistics; whereby mean averages and correlational analyses were applied. The data were analyzed and measured against the pilot research constructs. The overall reliability coefficient of (FCTQA) was (r)=0.84 yielded by 136 factors. Then, the general discussions of (FCTQA) findings included guidelines on translation research directions; whereupon, the interpretation of findings addressed current issues on translation quality analysis. Finally, the professional suggestions and recommendations were provided in regard to (FCTQA) applications and implementations, including furthering empirical research on translation for better understanding of TT quality.

scholarly journals Synonymic Collocations In Thomas Hardy’s “Tess Of The D’urbervilles” And Their Translation Into Albanian

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Rapi
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Tess Of The D'urbervilles ◽  
Stylistic Function

The aim of this paper is to investigate synonymic collocations in Thomas Hardy’s “Tess of the d’Urbervilles” and their translation into Albanian. Synonymic collocations are first investigated as to their semantic structure and the stylistic function they fulfill in the source text. Then, their Albanian equivalents are analyzed with the aim of comparing them with the expressions in the original in order to see how their semantic structure and their stylistic effects are reconstructed in the translated text.

scholarly journals The Stylistic Amplification of Conceptual Metaphors in Translating Shakespeare into Arabic by Mohamed Enani

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lamis Ismail Omar
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Cognitive Content ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Metaphoric Language ◽  
Metaphor Theory ◽  
Stylistic Function ◽  
Text Content ◽  
Oriented Approach

Translating Shakespeare into Arabic is a century-old cultural project which is still a source of challenge for translators who adopt a source-text-oriented approach that attempts to simulate the original in content, form and impact. Shakespeare’s texts are rife with metaphoric language which serves multiple functions on the cognitive, cultural, pragmatic as well as stylistic levels. This paper aims to analyse the translation of literary metaphors from a stylistic perspective in Mohamed Enani’s version of Othello. The analysis is conducted in the framework of conceptual metaphor theory which provides a microscopic description of how metaphors are influenced by the translation process. The findings of the analysis unveil the translation strategy adopted by Enani to reflect the stylistic function of metaphors while preserving their cognitive content and reveals that translating metaphors is influenced by the cognitive and professional background of the translator. Amplification emerges as a successful translation strategy which is used to extend metaphors creatively thus adding cognitive value to the Source Text content and compensating for a possible loss in the style of the Target Text. This paper concludes that, contrary to the prevalent assumptions, a source-text-oriented approach can deliver an accurate yet stylistically-functional translation if the translator is creative enough and willing to exert an additional cognitive effort similar to that exerted by the original writer. Enani’s translations of Shakespeare into Arabic are worth a life-long research project on the translation of style in literature.

scholarly journals Reporting quotable yet untranslatable speech

AILA Review ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 157-175
Author(s):  
Kayo Matsushita
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
News Media ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Political Speech ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Public Figure ◽  
Abundant Data

Abstract When a newsmaker (i.e., a newsworthy subject) is speaking or being spoken about in a foreign language, quoting requires translation. In such “translingual quoting” (Haapanen, 2017), it is not only the content of the speech but also its translatability that determines newsworthiness. While news media in some countries prefer indirect quotation, Japanese media favor direct quotes (Matsushita, 2019). This practice yields relatively clear source text (ST)-target text (TT) relationships in translingual quoting, especially when a political speech is directly quoted by newspapers, offering abundant data for news translation research (Matsushita, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019). However, this research approach has been challenged by the rise of a public figure known for making headlines with his extemporaneous remarks: US President Donald J. Trump. Translingual quoting of Trump in the non-English media has proven at times a “nearly impossible quest” (Lichfield, 2016) because of the unique features of his utterances, such as unorthodox word choices, run-on sentences and disjointed syntax (Viennot, 2016). This difficulty is heightened for Japanese newspapers, which uphold a longstanding journalistic standard of reporting speech as faithfully as possible, even in the case of translingual quoting (Matsushita, 2019). Against this backdrop, this article examines the often-conflicting relationship between “quotability” and “translatability” by analyzing how Japanese newspaper articles have quoted Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, through comparison of original speeches and news texts produced by Japanese newspapers. The comparison shows that institutional conventions of Japanese newspaper companies regarding direct quotes are frequently neglected by the journalists trans-quoting Trump (e.g., changed to indirect quotes or reproduced less faithfully), leading to marked differences in the textual portrayals of the newsmakers in terms of eloquence and assertiveness.

scholarly journals - SEMIOTIC MODEL FOR EQUIVALENCE AND NON-EQUIVALENCE IN TRANSLATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-391
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hasyim ◽  
Prasuri Kuswarini ◽  
Kaharuddin
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Target Language ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Source Language ◽  
Semiotic Model ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose of the study: Not all languages have a universal concept of the same object, and this creates problems in translation. This paper aims to examine the semiotic model for equivalence or non-equivalence in translation which attempts to define the semiotic model, to use the model for translation, and to offer the benefits of this model to solving translation’s problem in equivalence and non-equivalence. Methodology: The data of this research are derived from the novel Lelaki Harimau, as the source language and L'homme Tigre, as the target language. This model is used in the Indonesian novel which has been translated into 14 languages, one of which is in French. The authors use a semiotic approach to analyze the equivalence and non-equivalence in the translation.  Main Findings: This study reveals that the concept of signified in the semiotic theory proposes two models: the first: translation using the same concept in the source text (ST) and target text (TT), which is broadly known as equivalence, the second: translation using different concept between ST and TT, this called non-equivalence. This article not only explores the issue of meaning contextually in translation, but also the use of the semiotic model in translation which shows that the language perspective depends on the relationship between the sign and the object. Applications of this study: The model for this study can be used not only in translation studies at universities but also in providing supporting data for applied linguistic studies. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study provides a novelty in translation research with a semiotic approach. The contribution of this study is that the semiotics perspective suggests that a sign in the concept level (signified) will not be universal due to different cultural backgrounds.

The Concept of Equivalence and the Object of Translation Studies1

Target ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Koller
Keyword(s):  
Equivalence Relation ◽  
Text Processing ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Systematic Description ◽  
Textual Relationships ◽  
Processing Activity ◽  
Oriented Approach ◽  
Secondary Text

Abstract Regardless of the approach one uses in the study of translating and translations, it remains necessary to delimit the legitimate field of concern. I.e. translations must be identified and described sui generis as the results of a text-processing activity. From the linguistic and text-theoretical perspective this objective is fulfilled by the concept of equivalence; a translation is defined as a secondary text that stands in an equivalence relation to a primary text. The range of the equivalence-oriented approach and the possibilities it offers for systematic description and explanation of translational phenomena are, however, limited. Its problems and limitations become apparent not only in the context of historical translation research, but also whenever interest focusses upon the text-productive—i.e. ultimately creative—aspect of translation, as opposed to its reproductive aspect, i.e. the linguistic-textual relationships between languages and texts as these are deduced from regularities.

On the universality of frames

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoko Hasegawa ◽  
Russell Lee-Goldman ◽  
Charles J. Fillmore
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Structure ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Source Text ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Constituent Elements

This paper investigates the cross-linguistic applicability of the concept of frame as developed in the Berkeley FrameNet project. We examine whether the frames created for the annotation of English texts can also function as a tool for the assessment of the accuracy of English-to-Japanese translations. If the semantic structure of a source text is analyzed in terms of the frames evoked by its constituent words and the ways in which the elements of those frames are realized, then those frames, their constituent elements, and their interconnections must somehow be present in the translation. The paper concentrates on passages involving causation, as causal relationships are considered by many to exhibit the most salient differences in rhetorical preference between the two languages.

scholarly journals AN ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF MY LOVER, MY FRIEND

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Suratni Suratni
Keyword(s):  
Source Text ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
English Novel ◽  
Annotated Translation

This article is based on an annotated translation research. The object of the research is an English novel My Lover My Friend, written by Suprina Frazier. The purpose of this research are (1) to attain factual information concerning the problems faced by the researcher in translating the source text; (2) to give plausible solutions to the difficulties. In conducting this annotated translation research, the researcher involved the introspective and retrospective research. The result of the research covered two main point. First, the finding reveals that from the 25 difficult problems, six were words, seven were phrases, two were idioms, four were clauses, and six were sentences. However in this journal, the researcher took ten items to be annotated. Second, those difficulties were solved by referring to the relevant theories of translation and English-Indonesian languages.

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