Two translations of Mahfouz’s Awlad Haratina (Children of our Alley): A computational-stylistic analysis
Mai Zaki,
Emad Mohamed
Abstract:Comparative studies of different translations for the same source text can be valuable sources of insights relevant to the fluid notion of ‘translation style’. Such studies can employ a wide variety of techniques, including computational analysis which targets specific elements in the text in order to allow for a systematic view of translator style. This study attempts a computational-stylistic analysis of the two English translations of Naguib Mahfouz’s controversial novel Awlad Haratina (literally, Children … Show more
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