scholarly journals Names in Literary Translation: A Case Study of English Versions of the Slovenian Tale Martin Krpan

2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Darja Mazi – Leskovar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Cultural Character ◽  
English Translations

This article presents three English translations of the Slovenian tale Martin Krpan z Vrha (1858) by Fran Levstik and focuses on the translation of personal and geographical names with the aim of examining the application of domestication and foreignization translation strategies. The comparative analysis of the English names aims to find out if the cultural gap between the source and the target cultures has been diminishing over the years. The study also highlights the role of the chronotope that gives the work, one of the most frequently translated Slovenian texts, a distinctive cultural character.

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.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study on the Tang Poetry Translation in the Perspective of ‘Harmony-Guided Three-Level Poetry Translation Criteria’—A Case Study of Li Bai's Invitation to Wine

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Li Wenxuan ◽  
Wang Feng
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Chinese Poetry ◽  
Tang Poetry ◽  
Artistic Conception ◽  
Poetry Translation ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Micro Level

There are many English versions of poems on the market with different styles, but the quality of the translated poems is quite different. This paper mainly makes a comparative analysis of English translations of Li Bai's "Invitation to Wine" by using Dr Wang Feng's "Harmony-Guided Three-Level Poetry Translation Criteria" and concludes that when translating poems into English, we should not only achieve harmony at the macro level, and the similar style and artistic conception at the meso-level, but pay attention to the representation of various beauties at the micro-level. Through the analysis, the authors hope to verify the guiding role of "Harmony-Guided Three-Level Poetry Translation Criteria" in poetry translation and promote the English translation of Chinese poetry.

scholarly journals Rendering stylistically marked units in the novel Depeche Mode by Serhiy Zhadan: a comparative study

2019 ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Mariia Onyshchuk
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Colloquial Language ◽  
Expressive Meaning ◽  
Interdisciplinary Nature ◽  
Colloquial Style

The study analyzes lexemes and word combinations of colloquial style, slang and low colloquial language, performs their comparative analysis at word level, looks into the transformational patterns that the structures undergo during literary translation into English and Russian, and discusses the advantages and flaws of the applied translation strategies through suggesting adequate translation solutions. In the article, the argument is made that the translation strategies of substandard lexis reflect the interdisciplinary nature of expressive meaning and connotation which can be conveyed differently through various language levels during literary translation.

Analyzing Arabic Translation Methods of English Similes: A Case Study of The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Jaber Nashi M Alshammari
Keyword(s):  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Translation Model ◽  
Translation Techniques ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
Translation Methods ◽  
Literary Devices

Simile is one of the most important literary devices. It is widely used as a figure of speech in literary works. However, simile can pose significant challenges in literary translation since different languages might use and interpret similes differently. The present research aims at investigating the translation strategies employed in Arabic to render English similes in a literary text. The translation model proposed by Pierini (2007) is utilized as a framework of this study. The researcher selected "The Old Man and The Sea" novel by Ernest Hemingway and its two Arabic translations as a case study. The novel's two Arabic translations are by The United Publishers referred to later as target text 1 (TT1) and Zyad Zakaria referred to later as target text 2 (TT2).  First, the researcher randomly collected 40 similes as the study data. Then, their Arabic translations are identified. Next, the data is compared and analyzed to determine their translation techniques. After analysis, the research found that literal translation is a prominent strategy in rendering English similes to Arabic.

scholarly journals Die vertaler as bemagtigingsagent: ’n gevallestudie

Literator ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-62
Author(s):  
T.R. Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Target Audience ◽  
Target Group ◽  
Practical Issue ◽  
Translation Process ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Discourse Patterns ◽  
Linguistic Conventions ◽  
Point Of Departure

The translator as agent of empowerment: A case study In this article the focus is on the role of the translator as an agent of empowerment for linguistically marginalised communities; it also raises the practical issue of his/her role as an intermediary equipped with knowledge of the source and target cultures and their (non-)overlap. The community translation approach, which emerged from a socio-linguistic perspective, forms the basis for this point of departure. The aim of this approach is to give these communities access to the same information and services as the linguistical “elite”. In order to realise this, the translator uses discourse patterns and linguistic conventions of the target group. For this approach, the needs of the target audience in the translation process are of paramount importance. To illustrate the translator’s role as an agent of empowerment as well as an effective intermediary, this article’s focus is on translation strategies used in a pragmatic text.

Exporting the Canon: The Mixed Experience of the Dutch Bibliotheca Neerlandica

2020 ◽  
pp. 91-108
Author(s):  
Irvin Wolters
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diplomacy ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Cautionary Tale ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Imaginative Literature ◽  
Dutch Literature ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter presents an archive-based case study of the Bibliotheca Neerlandica, a project launched in 1955 by the newly established Foundation for the Promotion of the Translation of Dutch Literary Works, which aimed to publish commercial English translations of seventeen volumes of Dutch literature, but ended abruptly in 1969 with the publication of the tenth. Through analysis of the underlying aims, the prevailing culture of literary translation, the choices of text and the notion of a ‘Dutch canon’, the structure and management of the commissioning body and the relationship with the publisher, Heinemann, the chapter provides a nuanced cautionary tale about the use of imaginative literature for cultural diplomacy. The chapter documents the breakdown of the project’s relationship with Heinemann, prompted not only by the publisher’s major commercial difficulties in the period, but also by the quality of the translations, which regularly needed review, revision and correction, and the unsuitability of the texts chosen. It highlights the negative reception of those volumes that were reviewed, which found in the texts precisely the claustrophobic provincialism that the series had been conceived to overcome.

A Comparative Study of Two Major English Translations of The Journey to the West: Monkey and The Monkey and the Monk

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Ji
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
English Language ◽  
Original Novel ◽  
Original Text ◽  
The West ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
English Translations ◽  
Textual Features ◽  
Journey To The West

As two major English translations of a famous sixteenth-century Chinese novelThe Journey to the West, Monkeyby Arthur Waley andThe Monkey and the Monkby Anthony Yu differ in many respects due to the translators’ different concerns and translation strategies. Whereas Waley’s translation omits many episodes and significantly changes textual features of the original novel, Yu’s translation is more literal and faithful to the original. Through a comparison of the different approaches in these two translations, this paper aims to delineate important differences in textual features and images of protagonists and demonstrate how such differences, especially the changing representation of Tripitaka, might affect English-language readers’ understanding of religious references and themes in the story. It also seeks to help us reconsider the relationship between translations and the original text in the age of world literature through a case study of English translations ofThe Journey to the West.

scholarly journals Transcultural memory and literary translation: Mapping the Field (with a case study on Lydie Salvayre’s Pas pleurer and its Spanish translation)

2021 ◽  
pp. 175069802098876
Author(s):  
Claudia Jünke
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Memory ◽  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
Memory Studies ◽  
Literary Translation ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Spanish Translation ◽  
Literary Memory ◽  
State Of Research

The purpose of this article is to map the role of translation in literary and cultural memory studies and of memory dynamics in transcultural contexts. “Translation” is understood both as interlingual translation, that is the rephrasing of a literary text in another language, and in a broader and more metaphorical sense as transfer, transmission and relocation across different kinds of spatial and temporal borders. The first part gives an overview of the state of research, presents basic theoretical and conceptual reflections regarding the intersections of literary memory and translation, and proposes a general framework for analyses of literary texts and their translation that want to elucidate the role of translation for transcultural memory circulation. The second part is dedicated to a particular case study: the translational aspects of the literary memory of the Spanish Civil War, the anarchist revolution and exile in Lydie Salvayre’s novel Pas pleurer and the role of Javier Albiñana’s Spanish translation No llorar as a medium of transcultural memory.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Novel Translation under Feminist Translation Theory: A Case Study of the Two Chinese Versions of To the Lighthouse

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 718
Author(s):  
Qing Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
To The Lighthouse ◽  
Gender Consciousness

With the increasing relevance of feminism and translation studies, how to embody female discourse in translation has become an important issue in feminist translation and in reflecting the translator’s subjectivity. Based on the feminist translation theory, this study will explore how female translators use translation strategies and methods to highlight female discourse through a comparative analysis of the two Chinese versions of To the Lighthouse, aiming to reveal the differences between female’s translation and male’s as a result of their gender consciousness, thus bringing beneficial inspiration to translation studies and translation work.

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