Practice and theory in a comparative literature context 9780873523943 by lefevere, andre and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. A creative literary translator is one, who possesses good language skills to render meaning, style, and feeling to the translated content without disturbing the. Another problem arises when translating characters names, especially when these are meant to reflect an aspect of their personality. I directorate of general studies, federal university of technology, owerri. Lefevere shows that translations, like history, criticism, and anthologization, are part of a tradition of rewriting and are instrumental in the development and the teaching of literatures. In fact, literature is distinguished by its aesthetics. Difficulties of literary translation translating between a. Assistant professor of translation studies faculty of literature and foreign languages islamic azad university, karaj branch, iran abstract. As scholars of manipulation school argue, translation has always served a special purpose or many purposes at the same time, and each time it has been shaped by a certain force, power and so on.
We expect that there are many lecturers, researchers, teachers, students and those interested who would like to contribute to the better relation among nations. He is currently translating the sixth book of karl ove knausgaards my struggle from norwegian with don bartlett. Translating literature concludes with an extensive bibliography of translation studies. This paper discusses how the nature of literary translation differs from other forms of translation by looking at practical difficulties and challenges notable in the arabic translation of lahiris novel the namesake 2003. More and more literature is travelling, which is great news for us, and of course for readers, too. Free to use, without the need to register an account or email address. This type of translation is particularly difficult when translating poetry, as poets tend to carefully put together words not only for their. Practice and theory in a comparative literature context by lefevere, andra and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The concept translation as rewriting was put forward by lefevere. Writing something as historically and culturally significant as literature can be a herculean task. Mphil in literary translation trinity college, dublin. Papers on literary translation and translation studies approaches to translation studies 7. Exercises and examples highlight problems in translation. Googles free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between english and over 100 other languages.
Literary translation theory is a young and rapidly growing branch of philological science in the. Problems in interpreting translated literary works. It can mean so many things to so many people that it is best for anybody writing on the subject to state at the outset what kind of translation they are concerned with. Challenges in translating literature inbox translation. The search for the center andre lefevere translation is by now a word that needs translating. We will translate your book in its entirety with all the verve and style you put into the original. Translation grants may also be made available to literary magazines and for. A literary translation must reflect the imaginative, intellectual and intuitive writing of the author. What are the challenges in translating a work of literature. An analytical study of some problems of literary translation. This is perhaps key, and also the most important, difference between this and other types of translation. Having said all this, i believe that the real challenge in translating a work of literature is to have such extensive knowledge of the target language to be able to decide, after all, what sounds good, and reasonable, and readable, and literate.
Moreover, the involvement of writers in the work of translation accounts for the high aesthetic demands of the soviet school of translation. No doubt the role of translation in comparative literature is very important. It means that in addition to rendering information to the reader, literary translation also has aesthetic functions. Literary translation is an art involving the transposing and interpreting of creative works such as novels, short prose, poetry, drama, comic strips, and film scripts from one language and culture into. Reflections on the specific choices translators make, it is supposed, add to our understanding of the nature of childrens literature itself. Fahmida riaz, what are the particular joys and challenges of translating urdu. An example of this is dealing with literary license, which allows authors to break grammatical rules remember e. This course is imagined as an introduction to literary translation and it starts from the idea that literary translation is a creative process similar to that of creative writing. This project was funded by the arts and humanities research council ahrc under its translating cultures theme, and ran from september 2014 to december 2016. Interest in the issues of translation continues to grow, and is reflected in this collection of essays by specialists in both literature and translation studies, all of whom have experience of translating literary texts themselves. The third chapter is concerned with translating implicit meaning such as presupposition and implicature. I would recommend it for use by translation institutes and.
Literary translation cambridge scholars publishing. The best online tool to compress large pdfs while maintaining both file format and quality. Surrey and marot, livy and jacobean drama, virgil in paradise lost, popes horace, fielding on translation, brownings agamemnon, and brecht in english. Jan 01, 2001 in this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Little attention is given to the fact that the interpretations taught and published in academic institutions are often at some remove from the foreignlanguage text. Literary translations literary translation is a type of translation where the source documents are fiction. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Practice and theory in a comparative literature context, new. Nineteenthcentury literary translations from english in a book. Designed for the growing number of course on literary translation, translating literature discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion of the role translations play in the evolution and interpretations of literatures. This is a discussion i see from time to time and there are some pretty strong feelings on this subject for a number of reasons. In a multilingual country like ours we have two basic objectives for studying comparative literature. This aim of this article is to identify the difficulties university english language major students encounter in translating cultural and literary expressions from english into arabic.
Jan 10, 20 as im writing this i can hear the cry of use a cat tool for translating literature, or prose. In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Edited by susan bassnett for the english association. Literary translation is a type of translation which is distinguished from translation in general. I have translated works of poetry and fiction from persian, sindhi, and english. This article deals with the problems in translating literary prose and reveals some pertinent solutions and also concentrates on the need to expand the perimeters of translation studies. Jun 12, 2015 problems in translating literary texts. Therefore in order to fit that purpose, rewriting is bound to happen during the process of translation. Every piece you translate comes from the pen of an individual, so you have to give it. It is not the words but their association that make literature. Designed for courses on literary translation, translating literature discusses the process and the product of literary translation, incorporating both practical advice for translators and theoretical discussion on the role translations play in the evolution and interpretation of literatures.
Pdf translating cultural and literary expressions from. The problems of translating african oral literary texts into 78 issn 20572611print, issn 2057262xonline their western equivalents nnamani, f. A translation test was developed and semi structured interviews. This is because the main principle of literary translation is the dominance of poetic communicative function. Comparative income of literary translators in europe ceatl. Consequently, the soviet school of literary translation is closely tied with the development of literature. Martin aitken is a fulltime translator of scandinavian literature. Literary translation article about literary translation. Translating the literatures of small european nations. Difficulties of literary translation april 2016 translation journal.
Practice and theory in a comparative literature context is a priceless working tool that would be very serviceable to translators, translation scholars and students of translation. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. Function and relevance in literary translation a systemic functional and relevancetheoretic approach to the evaluation of norwegian translations of leonard cohen mari ueland noras masters thesis department of literature, area studies and european languages faculty of humanities university of oslo spring 20. And do you read them in the original variant or translated into your native language. Literary translation article about literary translation by.
As im writing this i can hear the cry of use a cat tool for translating literature, or prose no way. Analytical study of the position of translated persian literature in english literary polysystem sayyed mohammad karimi behbahaniph. The problems of translating literature explored through both theoretical approaches and practical case studies. The dutch would have to pay for the translation of books that they felt they needed to publish, while conversely no one was interested in dutch books which no. Translation of literature is fundamentally different from other categories. His translation of josefine klougarts one of us is sleeping is published by open letter.
Didacticism, cultural mediation and visions of the child reader in translators prefaces, gillian lathey reminds us that choices regarding audience have been. The fourth chapter explains the translations of politeness. Nonliterary in the light of literary translation abstract the purpose of this article is to contrast nonliterary with literary translation. The notion of professional literary translator applies to all literary translators who work full time on literary translation and who earn their living mainly from literary. Its scope takes in the reception of ancient greek and latin works, the historical and contemporary translation of literary works from modern languages, and the farreaching effects which the practice of translation has, over time, exerted on literature written in english.
A literary text is not the product of such direct and unitary. Translating literature andre lefevere pdf download 26 oct firmly placing the production and reception of literature within the wider framework of a culture and its history, andre lefevere explores how. Andre lefevere was an obvious choice as a speaker at a colloquium centred on crucial questions in a discipline he played such an important part in establishing, as a. Safia boushaba a thesis submitted to the university of salford department of modern languages for the degree of ph. The project team consisted of researchers in czech and slovak, portuguese, scandinavian and south slav literatures from bristol, cardiff and ucl. To start with, literary translation, as its name reveals, is concerned with translating texts written in a literary language that is distinct from any other sort of language.
An example from the opening pages of kafkas amerika is used to illustrate how literary texts may be translated differently from nonliterary ones. Translating literature modern language association. Specialists in literary translation, working for polyglot, translate any kind of artistic works at a high level. Translation and literature is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on english literature in its foreign relations. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Teaching issues and reading practices squarely addresses this pedagogical lack. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Practice and theory in a comparative literature context, an introductory coursebook for students. Aesthetic effect in arabicenglish literary translation a. Dweik 20 identified the difficulties students faced when translating cultural and literary expressions from english into arabic. I would recommend it for use by translation institutes and comparative literature departments nationwide. It embraces responses to all other literatures in the work of english.
The difficulties discussed are cultural differences which have created untranslatable culturalbound words and phrases, as well as specialized vocabulary. Jhumpalahiris the namesake this paper discusses how the nature of literary translation differs from other forms of translation by looking at practical difficulties and challenges notable in the arabic translation of lahiris novel the namesake 2003. Translation and the pedagogy of literature 329 teaching and research have tended not to address their dependence on translation. While translating them, the translator has to remodel the context to facilitate understanding by the target language audience. The most popular online tool to compress pdf files into an email ready size. As the chair of 2nd english language teaching, literature, and translation international. This guide proposes to help the translator navigate through them. A model for translating poetry based on the lefeveres. Students also produce a dissertation, which can either take the form of a theoretical essay, in which students examine some case study or philosophical concept, or a translation and commentary, in which students propose a translation strategy or solution, and exemplify this with the production of a translation of. The books sixteen essays provide for instructors a context in which to teach works from a variety of languages and cultures in ways that highlight the effects of linguistic and cultural transfers. Poetic language often carries a mythic tint which can be traced to the social, cultural and in some cases personal context.
1262 91 1056 112 623 221 1139 570 1035 1139 625 188 856 77 666 22 175 837 471 614 1206 536 1111 560 1257 653 1401 735 890 577 1306 646 1391 223 1386 1136 686