Understanding in Literary Translation
The article addresses the issue of the importance of a full and adequate understanding of a literary ST on the part of the translator. Understanding is crucial on all levels of the text – lexical meanings and connotations, phraseology, idiomaticity, syntax, stylistic devices and overtones, etc. Apar...
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Yerevan State University
2019-10-01
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| description | The article addresses the issue of the importance of a full and adequate understanding of a literary ST on the part of the translator. Understanding is crucial on all levels of the text – lexical meanings and connotations, phraseology, idiomaticity, syntax, stylistic devices and overtones, etc. Apart from these, there are various other aspects of the text – its cultural, historical and literary allusions, various culture-specific terms and other, not necessarily, explicit, elements and features that the translator must fully understand so as to produce an adequate and worthwhile rendering of his/her ST in a different language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12dda00da3554d1ca85440a7bcdefb062022-12-21T23:18:51ZengYerevan State UniversityArmenian Folia Anglistika1829-24292579-30392019-10-01152 (20)10.46991/AFA/2019.15.2.064Understanding in Literary TranslationAschen Mikoyan0Department of English Linguistics of the Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe article addresses the issue of the importance of a full and adequate understanding of a literary ST on the part of the translator. Understanding is crucial on all levels of the text – lexical meanings and connotations, phraseology, idiomaticity, syntax, stylistic devices and overtones, etc. Apart from these, there are various other aspects of the text – its cultural, historical and literary allusions, various culture-specific terms and other, not necessarily, explicit, elements and features that the translator must fully understand so as to produce an adequate and worthwhile rendering of his/her ST in a different language.https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4273literary translationcomprehensionconnotationequivalenceunderstanding |
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| title | Understanding in Literary Translation |
| title_full | Understanding in Literary Translation |
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| title_short | Understanding in Literary Translation |
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| topic | literary translation comprehension connotation equivalence understanding |
| url | https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4273 |
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