Challenges Of Translation In French Literature

Author : Geoffrey T. Harris
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : French language
ISBN : 9051839332

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On Translating French Literature and Film by Geoffrey T. Harris Pdf

This volume is of particular relevance to literary and filmic translators, to translation theorists and to anyone with an interest in translation as an art. Throughout the majority of essays in the volume, translation is projected as a complex creative task and not as an exercise in simply re-encoding the meaning of a source text. The received superiority of the original is ultimately questioned here. The customary binary divide between original and translation or copy, and between author and translator is forcefully challenged as cinematic and literary translation is presented as an essentially creative process. Whether highlighting specific author-related problems or whether focusing on the broader issues of the ethics of translation, of cultural transmissibility or of obsolescence, the general thrust of these essays seeks to demonstrate the authorial credentials of the translator. Despite the cogent counter-arguments advanced by a minority of the contributors, the dominant discourse here is one which replaces the stereotypical, virtually anonymous translator with a high-profile, creative figure.

Author : Richard Bales
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3039102958

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Challenges of Translation in French Literature by Richard Bales Pdf

In celebrating the academic career and practice of a distinguished scholar of French literature, this volume concentrates on one of Peter Broome's major preoccupations and attainments: translation. Eschewing a dogmatic, theoretical approach, the contributors (former colleagues and students) tackle four rich areas of study: modern anglophone poets' reactions to, and translations of, authors with whom they have closely identified (Racine, the Symbolists, Saint-John Perse, Valéry); problematics of translating specific poets of recent centuries (Rimbaud, Mallarmé, Valéry, Césaire, some contemporary poets); reception and interaction in two foreign countries (Australia, Spain); and a more fluid interpretation of translation, moving the notion across into wider realms of literary expression (Mallarmé, Proust, Assia Djebar). A focalising feature, punctuating the volume, are Peter Broome's own translations of hitherto unpublished poems by five major contemporary French writers: Jean-Paul Auxeméry, Marie-Claire Bancquart, Louise Herlin, Vénus Khoury-Ghata and Jean-Charles Vegliante. The book thus intertwines theory and practice in a non-prescriptive manner which invites further elaboration and analysis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004433489

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On Translating French Literature and Film II by Anonim Pdf

Author : Christophe Gagne,Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317553472

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English-French Translation by Christophe Gagne,Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde Pdf

English-French Translation: A Practical Manual allows advanced learners of French to develop their translation and writing skills. This book provides a deeper understanding of French grammatical structures, the nuances of different styles and registers and helps increase knowledge of vocabulary and idiomatic language. The manual provides a wealth of practical tasks based around carefully selected extracts from the diverse text types students are likely to encounter, from literary and expository, to persuasive and journalistic. A mix of shorter targeted activities and lengthier translation pieces guides learners through the complexities and challenges of translation from English into French. This comprehensive manual is ideal for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in French language and translation.

Author : Clifford E. Landers
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001-09-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847695604

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Literary Translation by Clifford E. Landers Pdf

In this book, both beginning and experienced translators will find pragmatic techniques for dealing with problems of literary translation, whatever the original language. Certain challenges and certain themes recur in translation, whatever the language pair. This guide proposes to help the translator navigate through them. Written in a witty and easy to read style, the book’s hands-on approach will make it accessible to translators of any background. A significant portion of this Practical Guide is devoted to the question of how to go about finding an outlet for one’s translations.

Author : Mark Polizzotti
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262537025

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Sympathy for the Traitor by Mark Polizzotti Pdf

An engaging and unabashedly opinionated examination of what translation is and isn't. For some, translation is the poor cousin of literature, a necessary evil if not an outright travesty—summed up by the old Italian play on words, traduttore, traditore (translator, traitor). For others, translation is the royal road to cross-cultural understanding and literary enrichment. In this nuanced and provocative study, Mark Polizzotti attempts to reframe the debate along more fruitful lines. Eschewing both these easy polarities and the increasingly abstract discourse of translation theory, he brings the main questions into clearer focus: What is the ultimate goal of a translation? What does it mean to label a rendering “faithful”? (Faithful to what?) Is something inevitably lost in translation, and can something also be gained? Does translation matter, and if so, why? Unashamedly opinionated, both a manual and a manifesto, his book invites usto sympathize with the translator not as a “traitor” but as the author's creative partner. Polizzotti, himself a translator of authors from Patrick Modiano to Gustave Flaubert, explores what translation is and what it isn't, and how it does or doesn't work. Translation, he writes, “skirts the boundaries between art and craft, originality and replication, altruism and commerce, genius and hack work.” In Sympathy for the Traitor, he shows us how to read not only translations but also the act of translation itself, treating it not as a problem to be solved but as an achievement to be celebrated—something, as Goethe put it, “impossible, necessary, and important.”

Author : André Morize
Publisher : Biblo & Tannen Publishers
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : French literature
ISBN : 0819601683

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Problems and Methods of Literary History by André Morize Pdf

Author : Laura Fólica,Diana Roig-Sanz,Stefania Caristia
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027260598

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Literary Translation in Periodicals by Laura Fólica,Diana Roig-Sanz,Stefania Caristia Pdf

While translation history, literary translation, and periodical publications have been extensively analyzed within the fields of Translation Studies, Comparative Literature, and Communication Sciences, the relationship between these three topics remains underexplored. Literary Translation in Periodicals argues that there is a pressing need for an analytical focus on translation in periodicals, a collaborative network of researchers, and a transnational and interdisciplinary approach. The book pursues two goals: (1) to highlight the innovative theoretical and methodological issues intrinsic to analyzing literary translation in periodical publications on a small and large scale, and (2) to contribute to a developing field by providing several case studies on translation in periodicals over a wide range of areas and periods (Europe, Latin America, and Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries) that go beyond the more traditional focus on national and European periodicals and translations. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis, as well as hermeneutical and sociological approaches, this book reviews conceptual and methodological tools and proposes innovative techniques, such as social network analysis, big data, and large-scale analysis, for tracing the history and evolution of literary translation in periodical publications.

Author : Marie N. Sørbø
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004337176

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Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian by Marie N. Sørbø Pdf

What can translations reveal about the global reception of any authorship? In Jane Austen Speaks Norwegian: The Challenges of Literary Translation, Marie Nedregotten Sørbø compares two novels and six translations of them. The discussion is entirely in English, as all Norwegian versions are back-translated. This study therefore lends itself to comparisons with other languages, and aims to fill its place as one component in a worldwide field of research; how Jane Austen is understood and transmitted. Moreover, this book presents a selection of pertinent issues for any translator, including abbreviation and elaboration, style and vocabulary, and censorship. Sørbø gives vivid examples of how literary translation happens, and how it serves to interpret and refashion literature for new readerships.

Author : James T. Day
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Film
ISBN : 9789042026483

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Translation in French and Francophone Literature and Film by James T. Day Pdf

This volume collects papers presented at the annual French Literature Conference, sponsored by the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures of the University of South Carolina.

Author : Brian Nelson,Brigid Maher
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134521944

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Perspectives on Literature and Translation by Brian Nelson,Brigid Maher Pdf

This volume explores the relationship between literature and translation from three perspectives: the creative dimensions of the translation process; the way texts circulate between languages; and the way texts are received in translation by new audiences. The distinctiveness of the volume lies in the fact that it considers these fundamental aspects of literary translation together and in terms of their interconnections. Contributors examine a wide variety of texts, including world classics, poetry, genre fiction, transnational literature, and life writing from around the world. Both theoretical and empirical issues are covered, with some contributors approaching the topic as practitioners of literary translation, and others writing from within the academy.

Author : O. Zuber
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781483297996

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The Languages of Theatre by O. Zuber Pdf

This book focuses on the various problems in the verbal and nonverbal translation and tranposition of drama from one language and cultural background into another and from the text on to the stage. It covers a range of previously unpublished essays specifically written on translation problems unique to drama, by playwrights and literary translators as well as theorists, scholars and teachers of drama and translation studies

Author : Paul F. Bandia,Georges L. Bastin
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780776615615

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Charting the Future of Translation History by Paul F. Bandia,Georges L. Bastin Pdf

Over the last 30 years there has been a substantial increase in the study of the history of translation. Both well-known and lesser-known specialists in translation studies have worked tirelessly to give the history of translation its rightful place. Clearly, progress has been made, and the history of translation has become a viable independent research area. This book aims at claiming such autonomy for the field with a renewed vigour. It seeks to explore issues related to methodology as well as a variety of discourses on history with a view to laying the groundwork for new avenues, new models, new methods. It aspires to challenge existing theoretical and ideological frameworks. It looks toward the future of history. It is an attempt to address shortcomings that have prevented translation history from reaching its full disciplinary potential. From microhistory, archaeology, periodization, to issues of subjectivity and postmodernism, methodological lacunae are being filled. Contributors to this volume go far beyond the text to uncover the role translation has played in many different times and settings such as Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle-east and Asia from the 6th century to the 20th. These contributions, which deal variously with the discourses on methodology and history, recast the discipline of translation history in a new light and pave the way to the future of research and teaching in the field.

Author : Sandor Hervey,Ian Higgins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134899326

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Thinking Translation by Sandor Hervey,Ian Higgins Pdf

Thinking Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method. It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St. Andrews. The course offers a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills. Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline. Discussion, examples and a full range of exercise work allows students to acquire the skills necessary for a broad range of translation problems. Thinking Translation draws on a wide range of material from technical texts to poetry and song.

Author : Nigel Armstrong
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853598054

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Translation, Linguistics, Culture by Nigel Armstrong Pdf

This book takes a linguistic approach to translation issues, looking first at the structural view of language that explains the difficulty of translation and at theories of cultural non-equivalence. A subsequent chapter on text types, readership and the translator's role completes the theoretical framework. The linguistic levels of analysis are then discussed in ascending order, from morpheme up to sentence, while a summarising chapter considers various translation types and strategies, again considered in relation to text type, author and reader.