Revisiting Cultural Aspects of Translation
| Autor: | Adriana Şerban, Niroshini Gunasekera |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Etudes montpelliéraines du monde anglophone (EMMA), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM) |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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lcsh:Language and Literature
050101 languages & linguistics Linguistics and Language [SHS.LITT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Literature Literature and Literary Theory translation Language and Linguistics Domain (software engineering) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sociology [SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics Shyam Selvadurai ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Sri Lanka Communication 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts 060202 literary studies Linguistics culture Audience measurement Focus (linguistics) Full article 0602 languages and literature Michael Ondaatje lcsh:P Audience design |
| Zdroj: | Respectus philologicus Respectus philologicus, Vilniaus universitetas; Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2019, 35 (40), pp.182-194 Respectus Philologicus, Vol 35, Iss 40 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2335-2388 1392-8295 |
| DOI: | 10.15388/respectus.2019.35.40.13 |
| Popis: | [full article and abstract in English] In this study, we propose to examine some of the challenges and opportunities afforded to the translators by the culturally rich “Running in the Family” (1982) by Michael Ondaatje and “Funny Boy” (1994) by Shyam Selvadurai, through a comparison of the initial texts – which are laden with Sri Lankan cultural content – and their French translations: “Un air de famille” (1991) by Marie-Odile Fortier-Masek and, respectively, “Drôle de garcon” (2000) by Frédéric Limare and Susan Fox-Limare (2000). After a brief discussion of audience design and communication in translation, we focus on the interplay of implicitation and explicitation, drawing on examples from the texts, in particular from the culinary domain. We consider the translators’ options in light of the imperative to design for a new readership and suggest that relevance – which is a matter of degree – is pursued through a mix of choices of unequal suitability. |
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