Translation as Detective Work: Three Cases in Point from Oscar Wilde’s Tales
Translation as Detective Work: Three Cases in Point from Oscar Wilde’s Tales
Author(s): Daniela HăisanSubject(s): Language studies
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: translation research; children’s literature; disclosure; edition; polysemy; online dictionary
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses a series of textual and paratextual ‘samples’ which are meant to provide empirical evidence to support the intrinsic revelatory character of translation – more specifically, of research on translation. Three types of cases in point are listed, which draw attention to aspects that may be disclosed via translation research (e.g. the relativity and instability of the translated text; the directness or indirectness of translation; the shallowness and occasional deceptiveness of online dictionaries and machine translation).
Journal: Romanian Journal of Artistic Creativity
- Issue Year: 10/2022
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 43-54
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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