scholarly journals Functions and properties of translation notes: comparative analysis: based on translations of Soboryane (the cathedral cleargy/Gens D`Eglise) by N. S. Leskov into French and English

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
Natalia S. Bruffaerts ◽  
Valeria A. Labko ◽  
Liudmila S. Sorokina
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
English Text ◽  
French Translation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
English Translations ◽  
French And English ◽  
Referential Function

The paper deals with a comparative analysis of notes to the French and English translations of The Cathedral Clergy by N. S. Leskov. It involves analyzing the language of the notes which determines their function. The neutral lexical and grammatical composition of the notes to the English text ensures their referential function while the use of deictic elements in the French notes, namely first-person pronouns, informs the latter ones a phatic function. The paper examines the objects of the notes, most of which relate to the religious discourse sphere. The study reveals the specifics of commenting which is more detailed in the English text. Special attention is paid to the notes related to fiction. A wide range of works is covered by the notes in the French translation, including those indirectly related to the text of the novel. The author also dwells on the notes concerning names and historical events, which turn out to be more informative in English translation and more affective in the French one.

scholarly journals ЭРКИН АЪЗАМНИНГ “ШОВҚИН” РОМАНИ ТАРЖИМАСИДА МИЛЛИЙ ХАРАКТЕРГА ХОС ХУСУСИЯТЛАРНИНГ БЕРИЛИШИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-100
Author(s):  
Mubashira BAROTOVA
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
World Languages ◽  
The World

Эркин Аъзам асарлари дунё тилларига ўгирилмоқда. Мақолада ёзувчининг “Шовқин” романининг инглиз тилига таржимасида миллий хусусиятларнинг берилиши аслият билан қиёслаб ўрганилган.“Шовқин” романи миллий руҳияти билан ажралиб туради. Асар Аъзам Обидов томон идан инглиз тилига таржима қилинган. Муаллиф асарнинг инглизча таржимасига хос хусусиятларни умумлаштиради. Қиёсларшуни кўрсатадики, мутаржим аслиятни етказшга ҳаракат қилган. Бу, хусусан, ўзбек характерига хос хусусиятлар ифодасида кўринади. Бироқ романтаржимасида айрим ноқисликлар ҳам кузатилади. Бу портрет ва характерлар тасвирида, сўз ва иборалар таржимасида кўпроқ кўзга ташланади. Асар таржимасидан мақсад – ўзбек халқи ҳаёти саҳифаларини дунё китобхонларига етказиш, халқлар, адабиётлар, маданиятлараро алоқаларни мустаҳкамлашга қаратилган. Работы Эркина Азама переведены на разные языкимира . В частностина английский язык, перевод на который литературных произведений автора является своеобразным. В статье исследуются особенности перевода национальных особенностей романа «Шовкин» («Шум») на основе сравнительного анализа.Роман Эркина Азама «Шум»отличается своим национальным духом. Это произведениебыл опереведенона английский язык Агзамом Обидовым, котороеявляется одним из больших достижений переводчика. Перевод романа и сравнительный анализ показывают, что переводчик Азам Обидов стремился передать оригинальность работы, особенно это касается характерных черт узбекского характера. Тем не менеероман содержит некоторые недостатки, которые наблюдаются впереводе изображения портретов и персонажей, определенных слов и фраз. Цель перевода романа — донести читателю особенности жизни узбекского народа, укрепить узыдружбы народов, узнать литературуУзбекистана. The works by Erkin Azam are being translated into many world languages. Specifically, there are unique characteristics of the English translation of the literary works by Erkin Azam. The article deals with the translation of the national features of the novel on the basis of a comparative analysis. One of the most prominent representatives of the modern Uzbek literature, Erkin Agzam's work, "Shovqin", is distinguished by its national-cultural spirit. The work has been translated into English by Agzam Obidov. The article summarizes the national features of the novel. The interpretation and a comparative analysis shows that the translator Azam Obidov did his best to message the readers the originality of the work, which is observed in particular on the features of the Uzbek character. However, there are some drawbacks, in terms of the description of the portraits and characters in the translation of particular words and phrases. The purpose of the translation is to introduce the Uzbek people’s lifestyle to the readers of the world; to strengthen the communication among people, literature, and intercultural society.

Orhan Pamuk and the Limits of Translation: Foreignizing The Black Book for World Literature

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Mattar
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
English Translation ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Local History ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Black Book ◽  
Sociology Of Translation ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Linguistic Categories

This article questions the often all-too-readily adduced arguments and methodologies of translation theory with reference to the English translations of Orhan Pamuk's novel The Black Book as exemplary case studies. It argues that domestication and foreignization are problematic as linguistic categories. It then seeks to rework such intuitively forceful terms for a sociology of translation, suggesting that they regain their coherence when directed towards questions of reception. The reception of The Black Book in English translation has been dominated by domesticating readings that minimize or neglect Pamuk's engagement with local history in favour of stock categorizations of the novel in terms of postmodernism. Against such readings, a ‘foreignizing reading strategy’ is proposed, one that seeks to restore to interpretation something of Pamuk's engagement with the local, especially his treatment of Sufism and Hurufism. Translation theory, it is urged, can be more effectively and universally applied in literary studies when directed towards literary sociology rather than linguistic comparison.

scholarly journals The Mind in the Old English Prose Psalms

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (296) ◽  
pp. 597-617
Author(s):  
Amy Faulkner
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Old English ◽  
English Translation ◽  
The Other ◽  
English Text ◽  
The West ◽  
Alfred The Great ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Consolation Of Philosophy ◽  
The Mind

Abstract The Prose Psalms, an Old English translation of the first 50 psalms into prose, have often been overshadowed by the other translations attributed to Alfred the Great: the Old English Pastoral Care, with its famous preface, and the intellectually daring Old English translations of Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy and Augustine’s Soliloquies. However, this article proposes that, regardless of who wrote them, the Prose Psalms should be read alongside the Old English Consolation and the Soliloquies: like the two more well-studied translations, the Prose Psalms are concerned with the mind and its search for true understanding. This psychological interest is indicated by the prevalence of the word mod (‘mind’) in the Old English text, which far exceeds references to the faculty of the intellect in the Romanum source. Through comparison with the Consolation and the Soliloquies, this article demonstrates that all three texts participate in a shared tradition of psychological imagery. The three translations may well, therefore, be the result of a single scholarly environment, perhaps enduring for several decades, in which multiple scholars read the same Latin, patristic writings on psychology, discussed these ideas among themselves, and thereby developed the vernacular discourse observable in these three translations. Whether this environment was identical with the scholarly circle which Alfred gathered at the West Saxon court remains a matter for debate.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of the usage of concept "hospitality" in the phraseological units of English, Russian and Uzbek languages on the basis of the English translation of the novel “Silence” by S.Ahmad

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1640-1648
Author(s):  
Kholmuradova Leyla Eshkuvvatovna ◽  
Maya Sultanova Tuychievna ◽  
Sharofova Diyora Furkatovna ◽  
Mamarizaeva Farangiz Zohidjon Qizi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Life Events ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Lexical Unit ◽  
Creative Personality ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Process

At present, in connection with globalization, the language is especially interested in cross-cultural understanding. Today, the interest in the study of original and translations of the text "Silence" in the world literary process is attracting the attention of orientalists and translators around the world. The scientific study of the content and phrase logical aspects of the novel "Silence" by world scholars, such as the creative personality, the writer's creative method, artistic skills, allows to identify and evaluate the features of the development of literature. According to structure of phrases, a phrase is a lexical unit that is equivalent to a sentence, semantically whole, has a generalized meaning, is not created in the speech process, but is ready to be introduced into the speech. According to the linguist Mamatov, phrases are a separate unit of language, which, according to their structure, is a free connection or equivalent to a sentence, fully or partially semantically reconstructed figurative, stable phrases. Phrases are specific figurative expressions of people's conclusions based on observation of life events, assessment of acceptable and unacceptable actions in society, generalization of life experiences. Writers are often not content to select and use phrases appropriate to the purpose of the image.

scholarly journals Transference of National Peculiarities in the Novel “The Din” by E.A’zam

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5S3) ◽  
pp. 383-387
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
World Languages ◽  
The World

The works of Erkin A’zam are being translated into the world languages. Specifically, there are unique characteristics of the English translation of the literary works by Erkin A’zam. The article deals with the translation of the national features of the novel on the basis of comparative analysis. One of the most prominent representatives of the modern Uzbek literature, Erkin A’zam’s novel “The Din” is distinguished by its national-cultural spirit. The work has been translated by A’zam Obidov. The article summarizes the national features of the novel. The translation and comparative analysis show that the translator A’zam Obidov did his best to message the reader the originality of the work, which is observed in particular on the features of the Uzbek character. However, there are some drawbacks, in terms of the description of the portraits and characters in the translation of particular words and phrases. The purpose of the translation is to introduce the Uzbek people’s lifestyle to the readers of the world; to strengthen the communication among people, literature, and intercultural society.

scholarly journals Traduire l'ironie. L'exemple d'une œuvre romanesque de N. Kazantzaki et ses traductions française et anglaise

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Constantinou
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
The Novel ◽  
English Translations ◽  
French And English ◽  
Textual Approach ◽  
Rhetorical Figure ◽  
Last Temptation Of Christ ◽  
Work And Life

This paper sets out to study the ironical effects related to morphological, rhetorical and macro-structural cues of the novel by N. Kazantzakis's Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός (1951), and then to examine the degree of their transposition in the French and English translations, carried out by Saunier (1959 La dernière tentation du Christ) and by Bien (1960 The Last Temptation of Christ) respectively. Initially, from a theoretical point of view some definitions of irony as a thought and rhetorical figure are reviewed, while a particular attention is drawn to the theoretical insights of literary irony, in relation to Kazantzakis's work and life. From an analytical, enunciative perspective, this article will endeavour to locate, classify and analyze some techniques of ironization brought into play by Kazantzakis, with a view to comparing them with their transposition in the translated texts. The study privileges a pragmatico-textual approach, which embraces the theoretical background of enunciative polyphony.

scholarly journals The Unbearable Torment of Translation: Milan Kundera, Impersonation, and The Joke

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam Margala
Keyword(s):  
Milan Kundera ◽  
French Translation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
French And English ◽  
History Of

Milan Kundera, a Czech émigré writer, living in Paris and now writing in French, is (in)famous for his tight and obsessive authorial control. He has said many times that he did not trust translators to translate his works accurately and faithfully. The various translations of his novel Žert (The Joke) exemplify this point. The novel has been translated into English, French, and many other languages more than once, depending on Kundera’s dissatisfaction with a particular translation (which, at first, he would support). Thus, there followed a cascade of translations (namely in French and English) as Kundera would eventually become dissatisfied even with the latest “definitive” translated version. As he famously says in an interview regarding the 1968 French translation of Žert, “rage seized me”. From then on, Kundera showed displeasure at any translator who, however briefly, would impersonate the author and take some license in translating Kundera’s work. Further, Kundera decided that only his full authorial involvement in the process would ascertain “the same authenticity” of his translations as the original Czech works. Kundera thus becomes the omnipresent, omnipotent author, himself impersonating God controlling his own creation. Finally, Kundera takes extreme measures and translates Žert into French himself. The resulting translation surprised many – editing changes are plentiful but apparent only to those who can compare the original Czech text with Kundera’s own translation. Kundera’s stance is conflicting, as he denies creativity to other translators but as the auto-translator, Kundera freely rewrites, rather than just retranslates, his own works. By exploring the convoluted and complex history of translations of Kundera’s works, I will try to illuminate the reasons behind Kundera’s posture. I will support my discussion by analyzing not only well known Kundera’s statements, but also those less quoted which, as I have discovered, are rather crucial to understanding Kundera’s position.

P. E. Isert in German, French, and English: A Comparison of Translations

1992 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 401-410
Author(s):  
Selena Axelrod Winsnes
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
Original Form ◽  
French Translation ◽  
French And English ◽  
Roman Alphabet

Paul Erdmann Isert's Reise nach Guinea und den Caribäischen Inseln in Columbien (Copenhagen 1788) seems to have enjoyed a lively reception, considering the number of translations, both complete and abridged, which appeared shortly after the original. Written in German, in Gothic script, it was quickly ‘lifted over’ into the Roman alphabet in the translations (into Scandinavian languages, Dutch, and French), thus making it available to an even greater public than a purely German-reading one. In the course of my research for the first English translation, I have found that the greatest number of references to Reise in modern bibliographies have been to the French translation, Voyages en Guinée (Paris, 1793). This indicates a greater availability of the translation, a greater degree of competence/ease in reading French than the German in its original form, or both. The 1793 translation has recently been issued in a modern reprint, with the orthography modernized and with an introduction and notes by Nicoué Gayibor. Having recently completed my own translation, I have now had the opportunity to examine the 1793 edition more closely, and have noticed a number of variations and divergencies from the original. I would like to examine these here, largely as an illustration of problems in translation, using both a copy of the 1793 edition and the new reprint. The latter, barring a few orthographical errors—confusion of f's and s's—is true to its predecessor.

scholarly journals Translational Style: A Corpus-Based Comparative Analysis of English Translations of Urdu Fiction by Memon and Naqvi

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-292
Author(s):  
Muhammad Javed Iqbal ◽  
Masroor Sibtain ◽  
Rabia Shahzadi
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Western Literature ◽  
Proper Nouns ◽  
Count Nouns ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Reference Corpus ◽  
Open Class

The present paper comparatively analyzes English translations of Urdu fiction by Umer Memon and Saeed Naqvi to identify translational stylistic features. The data for this paper consists of two corpora; the first corpus comprises Memon’s translations (TR1) and the second corpus consists of Naqvi’s translations (TR2). To validate the results, the paper takes Corpus of Canons of Western Literature (CCWL) as a reference corpus. Open class lexis is taken as a stylistic marker. All the three corpora are tagged through Stanford tagger (Toutanova, 2003), and the frequencies of open class lexis are acquired by using AntConc (3.4.4). It is found that TR1 and TR2 show almost the same stylistic qualities on the use of proper nouns, lexical verbs, past tense, comparative and superlative adjectives, and comparative and superlative adverbs. However, the variance occurs in the use of count nouns and proper plural nouns. This paper will contribute to better understand the stylistic features of English translations of Urdu fiction and the trending modes of English translation itself.

scholarly journals Slovak Realia in the Czech Translation of the Novel The House of the Deaf Man by Peter Krištúfek in Contrast to its English Translation

Bohemistyka ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 90-107
Author(s):  
Viktoria Kniazkova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
English Translation ◽  
Traditional Culture ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Slavic Languages

The article deals with two groups of realia in the Slovak novel by Peter Krištúfek (1973–2018). The first one are those concerning Slovak traditional culture, which are used in a form of theatrical scenery by the author. The second one are those connected with Slovak identity, as the writer understands it. The article offers the comparative analysis of the Slovak text with its translations into Czech and English. The conclusion is made about different translators’ strategies according to the translation purpose and extralinguistic circumstances and the necessity of the Czech translations of Slovak fiction despite the unique closeness of these two Slavic languages.

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