Translating Russian Literature into Italian: A Case Study between Language and Culture

IF 1 2区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Perspectives-Studies in Translation Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2023-06-20 DOI:10.46991/tstp/2023.3.1.038

Ilaria Remonato

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Abstract: The present article focuses on some reflectionsabout the process of translation into Italian of the well-known Russian fairy tale by Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy(1882-1945) Zolotoy klyuchik, ili Priklyucheniya Buratino(The Little Golden Key, or the Adventures of Burattino, 1935). Basing from the methodological point of view on some recent acquisitions of international TranslationTheory, we will examine the main “difficulties” or “challenges” for the translator present in the source text, such as anisomorphisms, linguistic connotations, neologisms, cultural realia and phraseologisms. We willalso consider the employment of different stylistic registersin the tale, often connected to the characters’ “expressiveaura” and to thick intertextual allusions to Russian Silver Age. Our lexical and stylistic choices in the translated text will be analyzed with regard to the dominants of the original work and to the specific characteristics of Russian(and Soviet) children literature of the time. Some solutionsproposed in the two published Italian versions of the 1980swill be also taken into account, questioning the opportunityand the main orientations of a new translation in relation to the kind of “implied readers” expected.

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俄罗斯文学的意大利语翻译:语言与文化的个案研究

摘要:本文主要对托尔斯泰(1882-1945)的著名俄罗斯童话《小金钥匙》、《布拉蒂诺历险记》(1935)的翻译过程进行了一些反思。本文将从方法论的角度，结合近年来国际翻译理论的一些研究成果，探讨译者在原文中面临的主要“困难”或“挑战”，如异构、语言内涵、新词、文化现实和短语。我们还将考虑在故事中使用不同的风格，通常与人物的“表现力”和对俄罗斯白银时代的浓厚互文典故有关。我们在翻译文本中的词汇和风格选择将根据原文的优势和当时俄罗斯(和苏联)儿童文学的具体特点进行分析。在20世纪80年代出版的两个意大利语版本中提出的一些解决方案也将被考虑在内，质疑新译本的机会和主要方向与预期的那种“隐含读者”有关。

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期刊介绍： Perspectives: Studies in Translatology encourages studies of all types of interlingual transmission, such as translation, interpreting, subtitling etc. The emphasis lies on analyses of authentic translation work, translation practices, procedures and strategies. Based on real-life examples, studies in the journal place their findings in an international perspective from a practical, theoretical or pedagogical angle in order to address important issues in the craft, the methods and the results of translation studies worldwide. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology is published quarterly, each issue consisting of approximately 80 pages. The language of publication is English although the issues discussed involve all languages and language pairs.