TRANSLATABILITY OF IDIOMS - GETTING THE BEST OF BOTH TEXTS
TRANSLATABILITY OF IDIOMS - GETTING THE BEST OF BOTH TEXTS
Author(s): Iulia-Cristina AntonieSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Translation Studies, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Politehnica
Keywords: culture-specific items; translation studies; equivalence; stereotyping; intercultural competence; idiomaticity;
Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the use of idiomatic language as epitomizing cultural stereotypes and the problem of fidelity in literary translation. It is common knowledge that idioms are specific to every culture and may lack direct equivalents in the target language. The paper enlarges upon two main problems associated with the translatability of idioms: how to comprehend the connotation of idioms in the source language, and how to reconstruct conceptually and structurally these idioms in the target language, sometimes changing referents while conveying the same meaning and the writer’s stylistic effect.
Journal: Professional Communication and Translation Studies
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 87-97
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
