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    SUM II Literary Translation 2017/2018

    Homework (till the end of May): (i) choose a piece of poetry (ideally, a whole poem) that has been
    translated either in an English-Polish (preferably) or Polish-English fashion, and (ii) comment on the
    translation strategy (ideally, phonemic tr., metrical tr., and rhyming tr.) used by the translator, and (iii)
    produce a power-point presentation of your findings.

    Lefevere, A. (1975) Translating Poetry: Seven Strategies and a Blueprint, Assen and Amsterdam: Van
    Gorcum.

    1. Phonemic translation

    -reproduction of the Source Language Sound in the Target Language sound ~ onomatopoeia
    - orchestration; “the composer transfers the work from one musical idiom (…) to another (…),
    recreating it for a different musical context” (Bennett: 2002, 218)
    - the translator’s role in similar to the transposition of the piano melody for percussion: the context is
    similar, whereas the music notation is different
    - creating a similar sound effect should, at the same time, entail a production of an acceptable
    paraphrase of the sense
    - Whipple does not replace the original sounds with similar imitations in TL, but he adapts the original
    sounds to the English spelling : Uff- Huff move śmiało ~mów
    - achieving similar phonemic (acoustic) effects by choosing similarly pronounced words

    2. Literal translation

    - based on word-for -word, then group-for-group and finally clause-for-clause equivalence


    - Levrence (1975: 96): “[l]iteral translation is a myth” (because it “pays an enormous price for its
    illusory pursuit of elusive ‘accuracy’: preserving meaning in the literal translation is only “illusory”
    - Bassnett (2005: 87): “emphasis on word-for-word translation distorts the sense and the syntax of
    the original”; the literal translation not only deceives the sense of the original poem, but also renders
    the source language grammar unintelligible

    3. Metrical translation

    - the dominant criterion is the reproduction of the SL metre (~ metre is a specific rhythmic structure
    connected with the type of a foot and number of feet in a line ~ iambic/dactylic tetrameters)
    - “popular” opinion: metre and rhythm are the most significant factors of all poetic elements
    - problem: the translator must very often decide whether to present the meaning of poem
    (substance) or retain its metre (structure)
    - Wechsler (1998: 120): central importance of presenting the original metre, melody and rhythm of a
    verse; “rhythm and other aspects of sound, such as alliteration, assonance [sounds that agree and
    sounds that do not agree], and the rhyme, are central to poetry. Often a translator has to give up
    exact meaning to preserve a sound component”

    alliteration = the repetition of the `same ` sound in sub`sequent `stressed `syllables; ideally, two
    stressed syllables before and after the caesura/division; ‘sredniówka’

    - example: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by R. Frost in the translation made by L.


    Marjanska: Przystając w lesie w śnieżny wieczór (2004: 58):

    Whose `woods/these `are/I `think /I `know, `Myślę, że `wiem, `czyje to `lasy. 9


    His `house /is `in /the `vill/age, `though; On ` ze wsi ` mnie nie `dojrzy; `czasem. 9
    He `will /not `see /me `stop/ing `here Przys`taję `tutaj, `aby w `oku. 9
    To `watch /his `woods /fill `up/with `snow. Utr`walić `leśne `śnieżne `zaspy. 9
    - the number of the syllables: 8 ~ 9

    - the rhyming pattern: ABAA (masculine=one syllable rhymes ~ ABAA (feminine=two syllable
    rhymes)

    - the metrical line: iambic tetrameter ~ iambic tetrameter – the final (added) syllable – Line 1

    Frost’s poem can be classified as the iambic tetrameter, which refers to a verse which consists of four
    iambic feet.

    She Creates 9-syllable lines with a caesura at different locations in different lines. Nonetheless, the
    original meaning is retained and translated poem is rhythmical.

    Stopy Metryczne

    Liczba Nazwa stopy Komentarz Przykład


    sylab
    trochej Rym bardzo częsty, łatwo Jeszcze jeden mazur dzisiaj.
    powstający w języku polskim, choć poranek świta.
    charakterystyczny dla 8- Czy pozwoli panna Krysia?
    zgłoskowców, ale rzadko młody ułan pyta.
    prowadzony dłużej niż w jednym „Ostatni mazur”, anonim
    utworze
    jamb Rytm dobitny, ekspresywny, Słowniczku mój! A leć a nie piej!
    często związany z rymami Na pożegnanie piej!
    męskimi. W wieku XVII o XVII Wylanym łzom, spełnionym snom!
    prawie nie występował Skończone piosnce twej.
    Adam Mickiewicz „Do B..Z.”

    spondej Możliwy do zrealizowania tylko Bierz, gub, trwoń, trać


    za pomocą wyrazów W lot, w śmiech, w gniew, w szał
    jednosylabowych. Rytm skrajnie Żyć! śnić, drżeć, łkać!
    nietypowy dla wiersza, rytm Mknij, leć, pędź, w cwał!
    zbliżony do O – życie moje!!

    - example: Lokomotywa by Julian Tuwim in the translation made by Walter Whipple: The Locomotive
    Buch- jak gorąco! ‘ _ _’_
    Uch – jak gorąco!
    Puff – jak gorąco!
    Uff - jak gorąco!

    Poof how she’s burning


    ‘‘_‘_
    Oof, how she’s burning
    Puff, how she’s burning
    Huff, how she’s burning

    - example: Oto widzisz… by K.I. Gałczyński in the translation made by monique89 (an internet
    reference) as Here you see…:
    Oto widzisz, znowu idzie jesień – Here you see, the autumn is coming again -
    `_ `_ `_ `_ `_ `_ _` _` _ _` _ _`
    człowiek tylko leżałby i spał… - the man would only lie and sleep…
    `_ `_ `___` _`_`_`_`
    Załóżę twój szmaragdowy pierścień: Put on your finger your emerald ring:
    blask zielony będzie miło grał. The green brightness will be playing nicely.

    - number of the syllables: 10/9/10/9 ~ 12/8/10/10


    - metrical line: Lines 1+3 – 5 x trochee; Lines 2+4 – 3 x trochee + 1x iamb
    ~ Line 2 5 x iamb (iambic pentameter)
    - rhymes/rhyming pattern: alternate rhymes (ABAB), Lines 1+3 – feminine
    rhymes, Lines 2+4 – masculine rhymes ~ literal translation
    - so, why do we call it a literal tr.? 1. The original punctuation marks are reflected; 2. the original
    sense is reflected > the translation corresponds to the original mainly semantically

    RHYMES:

    E masculine rhymes > when the rhyming effect involves just 1 syllable stone~cone
    P feminine rhymes > when the rhyming effect involves 2 syllables brother~mother

    METRICAL LINE/pattern = a foot + numer of repetitions


    trochean pentameter 5x / tetrameter 4x / hexameter 6x (

    METRICAL FEET

    IAMB /ˈaɪ.æm/

    IAMB: A Metrical Foot consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by one STRESSED syllable. An
    Iamb does not he to be a word, But it must be exactly two syllables, so it can be one word, or two.

    re WARD de LAY in VENT o VERT in CASE for LORN

    ANAPEST

    A Metrical Foot consisting of two unstressed syllables followed by one STRESSED syllable. Like an
    Iamb, an Anapest does not have to be a complete word. And since it is three syllables, it can be as
    many three words.
    Preposition + Article + Noun in …the LIGHT of the MOON ov er HILL ov er DALE

    TROCHEE

    A Metrical Foot consisting of one STRESSED syllable followed by one unstressed syllable. A Trochee in
    an Iamb backwards. You will see in 105A that Trochaic and Iambic Meters can be very similar.

    STOR ires BA by CHICK en SNOD grass

    Dactyl

    A Metrical Foot consisting of one STRESSED syllable followed by two unstressed syllables. A Dactyl is a
    Anapest backwards. You will see in 105A that Dactylic and Anapestic Meters can be very similar.

    SUD den ly DIF fi cult DEV a state MIS er y

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