A Study of Poetry Translation Strategies —Taking Two Versions of Book of Poetry as an Example

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Li Xingyu
Keyword(s):  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Poetry Translation

scholarly journals DIKSI MAJAS OKSIMORON DAN TERJEMAHANNYA DALAM ANTOLOGI PUISI “TIDAK ADA NEW YORK HARI INI”

LITERA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Gusti Agung Sri Rwa Jayantini ◽  
Ronald Umbas
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Literal Meaning ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Study ◽  
Poetry Translation ◽  
Close Observation

Karya sastra dan penerjemahan mempunyai peran penting dalam perkembangan bahasa. Cara berekspresi dengan menggunakan diksi dalam karya sastra, khususnya puisi dan terjemahannya memberi peluang bagi pengayaan kosa kata dan pendalaman makna. Penelitian ini merupakan kajian penerjemahan puisi yang berfokus pada diksi majas oksimoron. Analisis ditujukan untuk mengetahui jenis antonim dan strategi  penerjemahan diksi bertentangan pada antologi puisi “Tidak ada New York Hari Ini” dan terjemahannya dalam bahasa Inggris. Metode kualitatif diterapkan dengan melakukan pengamatan (observation) dan analisis isi (content analysis) untuk mencermati diksi yang menciptakan nuansa bertentangan. Ada dua hal utama yang menjadi hasil penelitian ini. Pertama, diksi majas oksimoron dapat berupa (a) oposisi kembar yakni pertentangan mutlak dari dua leksikon, (b) gradual yakni leksikon bertentangan yang menunjukkan gradasi terukur, dan (c) relasional yakni oposisi yang memiliki kaitan hirarkis. Kedua, strategi penerjemahan secara harfiah dan harfiah-makna. Secara harfiah, penerjemahan dilakukan dengan padanan yang makna leksikalnya sesuai, sedangkan secara harfiah-makna penerjemahan dilakukan dengan menggunakan padanan alternatif untuk memberi kesan lebih estetis dan puitis. Kata Kunci: diksi, oksimoron, strategi penerjemahan, penerjemahan puisi DICTIONS OF OXYMORONIC EXPRESSION AND  THEIR TRANSLATION IN THE POEM ANTHOLOGY “TIDAK ADA NEW YORK HARI INI”AbstractLiterary works and translation play a significant role in language development. The expression realized through dictions in literary works, particularly as found in a poem can encourage the enrichment of vocabulary and the exploration of meaning. This is a poetry translation study that is focused on dictions of oxymoronic expressions. It aims at investigating the types of antonym and strategies used to translate the dictions selected to represent the opposite atmosphere in the poem anthology “Tidak ada New York Hari Ini” and its translation in English. This study utilized qualitative method that was applied through close observation and content analysis on the dictions, which were chosen to create a contradictory situation. Two significant results were found in this study. First, this study showed that the dictions of oxymoronic expressions were classified into binary, gradable and relational antonyms. Binary opposition constitutes the oppositeness that cannot be measured. Gradable antonym is the word pairs whose meaning is possibly graded. Relational antonym is shown in the pairs of words that are related to each other through converse relations. Second, two translation strategies – literal translation and literal-meaning translation – were applied in translating the antonyms representing oxymoronic expressions.  Literal translation was shown by the choice of utilizing established equivalent in the translation whose meaning is very close to the source language. Meanwhile, literal-meaning was applied to establish idiomatic translation through the utilization of alternative equivalents that were meant to give more aesthetic and poetic impressions. Keywords: diction, oxymoron, strategies of translation, poetry translation

Vergilija „Eneīdas” mēģinājumi latviešu heksametros

2021 ◽  
pp. 231-245
Author(s):  
Līva Bodniece
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Proper Nouns ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Poetry Translation ◽  
The Press ◽  
Latin Epic ◽  
Century Poetry ◽  
Epic Poems

This paper presents the compilation and analysis of the Latvian translations of the Aeneid, the Latin epic poem written by Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), from the first attempts in the late 19th century until the most recent publication in 1970. The materials analysed also include republications of translation excerpts. The source texts are arranged and revised chronologically, and the text analysis is achieved through the comparative method. Particular attention is paid to the translation issues of the dactylic hexameter, the ancient meter also known as “the meter of the epic”. There is no tradition in the Latvian cultural context to render epic poems into prose or any other meter than the dactylic hexameter. Augusts Ģiezens is the most prolific translator of epic poems in Latvian and has translated all Ancient Greek epic poems and the Roman Aeneid. Consequently, his version of the dactylic hexameter has established itself as an example for many generations of readers. The reason for this is the lack or unavailability of other translations. The comparison of translations also offers a look into the rendering of ancient proper nouns. Particular care is devoted to critiques of the translations as published by contemporaries in the press. The variations of translation strategies in early 20th-century poetry renderings in terms of both meter and proper noun rendering lead to the conclusion that attempts in creating a Latvian hexameter have not yet been exhausted and are likely to find new manifestations, particularly in Latvian ancient poetry translation.

scholarly journals TRANSLATION STRATEGIES IN EUROPEAN AND CANADIAN FRENCH VERSIONS OF AN ANIMATED MOVIE’S ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

FRANCISOLA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Iona Stella LUMBAN TOBING ◽  
Myrna LAKSMAN-HUNTLEY
Keyword(s):  
Language Translation ◽  
Equivalence Problem ◽  
Mots Clés ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Canadian French ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Poetry Translation

 RÉSUMÉ. Comme un processus qui implique plusieurs langues, traduction peut être appliquée à diverses formes de médias, tels que des films, des livres et des chansons. Dans les traductions de film, ce processus parfois inclut non seulement les dialogues, mais aussi les chansons (bande originale). Cette étude vise à décrire l’application de stratégies de traduction dans deux versions françaises (européenne et canadienne) de bande-son de The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride. Les chercheurs utilisent deux théories de stratégies d’application : traduction de la poésie (Lefevere, 1975) et traduction sur le plan lexical (Baker, 1992). Après l’analyse, les auteurs prennent une conclusion que les résultats variés de la traduction sont fortement influencés par interprétation et aucun problème de non-équivalence ne se trouve.  Mots-clés : bande-son, dessins animés, paroles, stratégies de la traduction.   ABSTRACT. As a process that involves more than one language, translation can be applied in various forms of media, such as film, books and songs. In movie translations, this process sometimes includes not only the dialogues, but also the songs (original soundtrack). This study aims to describe the application of translation strategies in two French versions (European and Canadian) of The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride’s original soundtrack. The authors use two theories of translation strategies: Lefevere’s poetry translation (1975) and Baker’s word-level translation (1992). After the analysis was done, the author concluded that the various results of translation were heavily influenced by interpretation, but that no non-equivalence problem was found however. Keywords: cartoon, lyrics, soundtrack, translation strategies.

scholarly journals A Study on the Transmission of Implicit Information in Chinese Tang Poetry Translation under the Guidance of Frame Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Lou Lingling
Keyword(s):  
Information Transmission ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Frame Theory ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Western World ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Implicit Information ◽  
Tang Poetry ◽  
Poetry Translation ◽  
Classical Poetry

As Chinese is a language focusing on parataxis, and China is a country with a largely different culture from the western world, the implicit information contained in poems could not be easily perceived by target language readers if it is not properly delivered. As a result, the faithful transmission of the implicit information contained in Tang poetry has always been a hotspot in the research of the translation of Chinese classical poetry. The aim of the research is to study the transmission of implicit information in Tang poetry translation under the frame theory. To achieve this, the thesis would be discussed in six parts. After a brief introduction to the current situation of Tang poetry translation, the guiding theory would be illustrated in detail. Then the author will try to analyze the reasons for the failure of transmission of implicit information in Tang poetry translation, which leads to the examination of the feasibility of using frame theory in the guidance of the implicit information transmission. And then specific translation strategies are put forward by the author together with some examples in accordance with frame theory. In the end, a conclusion is drawn based on the discussion of the previous chapters. The study of the transmission of implicit information from the angle of frame theory is a creative and bold try, which provides a theoretic reference for the research on this subject in the future, and a practical experience for the implicit information transmission in Tang poetry translation activities.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF THE TRANSLATION INTO GERMAN LINA KOSTENKO’S POETRY

2021 ◽  
pp. 252-259
Author(s):  
Iryna Osovska ◽  
Liudmyla Konopelniuk
Keyword(s):  
Literary Translation ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
German Language ◽  
Sentence Structure ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Poetry Translation ◽  
Grammatical Structures ◽  
Theoretical Foundations ◽  
Wide Usage

The article is devoted to the classification and analysis of the German-language translations of Lina Kostenko's poems based on the material of the lyrical collection "And again the prologue" translated by Alois Woldan. The article introduces the theoretical foundations of poetry translation as a separate type of literary translation, examines its genre-specific features, and analyses the features of the modern Ukrainian poetry and the author's style of Lina Kostenko, which jointly form the basis for further comparison of the original example and the translation. The paper shows the main difficulties that Alois Voldan faced interpreting the poems, describes the ways of overcoming them and offers a qualitative assessment of the translation. The lexical and stylistic analysis showed the wide usage of the poetic instruments in his works of pictorial and expressive language as well as aphorisms. However, to preserve the idea and reproduce the ideological motives, Alois Voldan avoided literal translation and resorted to the descriptive translation of these linguistic means. When translating lexical tautologies, which are widely inherent in Lina Kostenko's poetics, the translator replaced lexical units, graphic signs, sentence structure and transferred repetitions from one line to another to preserve emotionality and expressiveness in lyric poems. When we look closely at the grammatical level of translation, there are replacements of grammatical constructions and parts of speech. We also recognize the addition of new parts of speech that are missing in the original poem. The reason for such transformations was the differences in the grammatical structures of the German and Ukrainian languages, and the translation strategies used to preserve the rhythmic and melodic pattern of the poems. A special place is given to the characteristics because of the national specificity of poetry and the translation of its semantic equivalent. That is, the reason why the translation is used primarily for intercultural communication, and the translator, in this case, is an intercultural mediator. But Alois Voldan managed to convey the thematic orientation of the poems and the Ukrainian colour.

scholarly journals TRANSLATION OF SAPARDI DJOKO DAMONO’S POEM INTO ENGLISH

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ary Fadjar Isdiati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Target Language ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Translation Strategy ◽  
Word Level ◽  
Poetry Translation ◽  
Expressive Meaning

This article describes the translation strategy used by John H. McGlynn to translate Sapardi Djoko Damono's poem Sajak Orang Gila into English with the title Ballad of a Crazy Man, and see: Has this translation’s poem  equality in word level.  If not, what is the cause.  The method is descriptive qualitative. Data sources are the poem Sajak Orang Gila and Ballad of a Crazy Man. Words, phrases, and sentences in all the stanzas and lines were analyzed using the poetry translation theory by Andre Lavefere to determine the translation strategies used to translate the poem, and using the theory of the cause of inequality by Mona Baker.  The analysis shows that the translation strategy used by John H. McGlynn are literal and interpretation translation strategy.  The literal translation strategy is used to translate 11 stanzas, and the interpretation translation strategy is used to translate 2 stanzas. In general, the translation of this poem is good, because the meaning in the source poem is conveyed well in the target poem.  However, in the translation of some stanzas found incompatible meanings in words.  There are 3 causes of discrepancies found, namely: 1) Differences in physical or interpersonal perspectives; 2) The target language lack a special term (hyponym); and 3) Differences in expressive meaning.

Deconstruction and Translation Research

Derrida Today ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifeng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Free Play ◽  
Translation Research ◽  
Translation Strategies ◽  
Modes Of Representation

Deconstruction is decidedly unsettling in that it destabilizes the otherwise comfortably assumed understanding of the nature of translation. What is also controversial is that it may make translation impossible, considering that it explicitly acknowledges the impossibility of translation. Yet Derrida emphasizes the necessity of translation as well, thus foregrounding the need to negotiate with the non-negotiable, and for this reason, to translate the untranslatable. Deconstruction captures and elucidates the complexity of translation in relation to the variability and complexity of its nature and practice. Despite the disconcerting observation of his devastatingly relativist overtone and open-endedness, Derrida does not uphold complete free play, as is repeatedly pointed out by himself and other scholars. This paper argues that the context of translation plays a regulating role and intends to unravel what he calls translation as both possible and impossible, both respectful and abusive. Inspired by Derrida's profound contention that translation is in a way more about ‘what is not there’ than ‘what is there’, this paper will map some of the multiple implications of meaning and various modes of representation in translation, in which different meanings can be played with so as to give rise to spaces for exploring and expanding the range of translation strategies and methods.

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