Puškin and Southey: Russia's Greatest Poet Translates England's Poet Laureate

Ober, Kenneth H.; Ober, Warren U.

doi:10.1016/s0304-3479(04)00035-3

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“…In terms of scholarly attention, poetry translators and their translatorial identity have been the object of study of a number of scholars either individually or in comparison to other translators of poetry (Ober/Ober 2004;Constantine 2011;Jacobs 2014;Munday 2016;Refsum 2017). In these studies, translators of poetry are usually named either poet-translators or poet/translators, a choice of words which foregrounds their function as poets and does not necessarily reflect how these translators of poetry view themselves.…”

Section: Introduction: Overview Of Research Into Poetry Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regarding Symbolic Capital: Poetry Translators from Modern Greek into English

Georgiou

2018

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The research object of this study is the symbolic capital of poetry translators and how it shapes and is being shaped by the current practices and self-descriptions of translators of Modern Greek poetry into English. A number of case studies indicate that people who translate poetry come from a variety of backgrounds, including those of a poet and an academic, which often do not include any formal translation training (Hofstadter 1997; Waldinger 2003; Bullock 2011; Isaxanli 2014). It also appears to be common that translators of poetry have a number of complementary roles, with that of ‘poetry translator’ not always central. The study draws on data consisting of Modern Greek into English poetry translators’ responses to a survey, of paratexts created by Modern Greek into English translators and of ten interviews. Cultural and educational capitals are examined in their institutionalized, objectified and embodied form as bearers of symbolic capital. Three overlapping categories are explored: the translators’ connection to poetry and the source culture, translator education and translator self-description. The translators’ “extratextual visibility” (Koskinen 2000 as cited in Chesterman 2018: 446) is also analyzed as it forms part of the translators’ embodied cultural and symbolic capital. This empirical exploration offers insights into the variety of attitudes and approaches to poetry translation; the emerging patterns map out profiles of a group of contemporary poetry translators, investigate the realities of the craft and re-position poetry translation practitioners with respect to other translation professionals.

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Section: Introduction: Overview Of Research Into Poetry Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%