On overcoming translation barriers

• Author: Silvana Dervishi
• Position: University of Tirana, Albania
• Pages: 220-228

Vol. 4 No. 2

June, 2020

European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2519-1284

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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On overcoming translation barriers

MSc. Silvana Dervishi

UniversityofTiranaAlbania

Abstract

Translationis a maer of choice but this choice is always motivated deletions additions

and changes are justied in relation to the intended meaning Translation can therefore

be considered the result of motivated choices. This is most evident in the work of poetry

translatorsWhenatranslatordecidesto translateapoemherstchooses thepoeticformof

theTranslationLanguagethatisthesonnettheballadtheverseetcas closeaspossibleto

thatoftheOriginalLanguageThemodelcanbereplacedbyanotherthatismoreappropriate

withthe TranslationLanguageThe translatorwill needto follow therhythm ofthe Source

Languageto thatof theTranslationLanguage insuch away asto ensurethe productionof

thesameeectwhenreadbythereaderoftheTranslationLanguageUnderstandingmustbe

conveyedcreativelyandaccuratelyintheTranslationLanguageThetranslatormustreproduce

literaryguresthat isconcrete imageswhichinclude metaphorsand comparisonsaswell

as phonetic features, that is, vowels, such as alliteration and assonance. It is clear that there

isnoperfectidealoraccuratetranslationThe rstthingtoconsiderwhenevaluatingpoetry

translations is the purpose of the translation, so that it can be judged by confronting it with

the objectives.

Keywords:translationpoem reproducecreativelyand accuratelyliterategurespurpose

objectives.

Introduction

LiterarytranslationmeansthetranslationofdierentliterarygenresTrueimaginary

literature has four main types, namely, poetry, drama, short story and novel.

TranslatingliteraryworksisnotaneasytaskEachliteraryworkhasitsownspecic

translation problems.

Thus, the key when translating a play is the question of staging, as long as the play is

wrientobeshowntobeplayedandnotjusttobereadFurthermorethetranslator

duringthedialogueshouldbeabletochoosethelanguagethattstheenvironments

where the characters act, as well as the relationship between them.

Hencetranslation of theshortstory is themost dicult literaryformto translate

immediately aer the poem The diculty stems from the fact that they must be

carefully preserved through certain related eects concentration and formal and

thematic unity.

Thus the main problem between translating the novel is the relativesignicance

ofthe culture ofthe Source Language andthe moral purposeof the writerforthe

1 P. Newmark, A Textbook of Translation, Longman, London, 2003, Page 39.

2 M. Massoud, Translate to Communicate: A Guide for Translation, David C. Cook Foundation, 1988, Page

49-50.