Originality and the Defence of Translation

Paloposki, Outi

doi:10.1080/13556509.2001.10799085

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“…These theoretical models have their merits in the way in which they help to understand certain general tendencies, but at the same time they give a simplified picture of the circumstances in which translations are actually made and, consequently, dismiss some practical details that may be crucial if the actual practice of -giving birth to a translation‖ is to be understood. The shortcomings of these theoretical models in the context of Finnish literary translation have been pointed out, for example, by Paloposki (1996;2002).…”

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145 Years of Finnish Shakespeare Retranslation: The Next Move

Siponkoski

2009

mikael

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According to the Retranslation Hypothesis, a retranslation always tends to be more faithful to the source text and culture than the first translation, which in turn tends to reduce the foreignness of the source text. However, the hypothesis rarely proves to be valid. This finding contests the traditional way of placing translations along such continuums as "foreignisation-domestication". The study of translations, and especially retranslations, calls for a broader point of view which takes their many-facetedness better into account. In this paper I will take a look at two of Shakespeare‘s plays which have recently been retranslated into Finnish and published as books. The purpose is to deal with the plays expressly as Finnish retranslations, that is, as "newcomers" in a distinct group of texts which is governed by its own translation tradition. I will, above all, focus on the role of the copyeditors of these contemporary retranslations, and discuss how the copyeditors have affected the retranslations by regulating the way in which the preceding translations are allowed or forbidden to enter the retranslations. By focusing on the concealed work of the copyeditors, I wish to further contest the uncomplicated view of translation offered, for example, by the Retranslation Hypothesis.

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145 Years of Finnish Shakespeare Retranslation: The Next Move

Siponkoski

2009

mikael

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Enriching translations, simplified language?

Paloposki

2001

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Intuitively, the suggestion that lexical simplification be a translation universal seems to run counter to the established idea of translation as enrichment. The present paper seeks to relate the two ideas, simplification and enrichment, while addressing the issue of testing hypotheses about universality in Translation Studies, especially in Corpus Translation Studies. The nature of the data used and its implications to the results are discussed. Finnish 19th century texts constitute a case in point on the problems that heterogeneous data may give rise to, and it is suggested that alternative ways of studying lexical phenomena are needed, in order to complement the findings in Corpus Translation Studies.

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Simultaneous Interpreting of Apple Product Press Conference from the Perspective of Interpreting Quality Evaluation

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2022

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Originality and the Defence of Translation

Cited by 6 publications

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145 Years of Finnish Shakespeare Retranslation: The Next Move

145 Years of Finnish Shakespeare Retranslation: The Next Move

Enriching translations, simplified language?

Simultaneous Interpreting of Apple Product Press Conference from the Perspective of Interpreting Quality Evaluation

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