A Study of the English and the German Translations of Alexander I.- Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Volume I

Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago, Volume I

Anatol Bond (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

331 Seiten

1983
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
978-3-261-03317-8 (ISBN)

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The reactions to The Gulag Archipelago, when it finally appeared in the West, were of profound significance, as an historical documentation as well as a work of art. The main objective pursued in the present study was to examine how Solzhenitsyn's work had fared in the translation process. This was felt to be especially important since most of the critical appraisals outside the Soviet Union were, of necessity, based on the translations. Two of these were chosen, not merely because the greatest interest in the work was shown in English and German, but also with the intent to examine it on a comparative basis, looking, among other aspects, at possible difficulties peculiar to one or the other language when translating from Russian.

Contents: The study contains introductory remarks on translation theory, on the aims and methods of both translators, and on the peculiarity of Solzhenitsyn's language. However, the bulk of the work deals with infelicities in content and form, i.e. with total mistranslations, partial inadequacies, problems with transference of aspects such as irony, puns, metaphors, images, and the author's style.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.1983
Reihe/Serie	Europäische Hochschulschriften / European University Studies / Publications Universitaires Européennes ; 28
Verlagsort	Bern
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Slavistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Alexander • Archipelago • Bond • English • German • GULAG • Solzhenitsyn • Study • Translations • Volume
ISBN-10	3-261-03317-7 / 3261033177
ISBN-13	978-3-261-03317-8 / 9783261033178
Zustand	Neuware