L'immobilità del traduttore: la traduzione dei classici moderni inglesi in Italia

Venturi, Paola (2011) L'immobilità del traduttore: la traduzione dei classici moderni inglesi in Italia, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Lingue, culture e comunicazione interculturale, 23 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4097.
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Abstract

Translations, says Gideon Toury, are facts of target cultures – but the perceived status of source texts has a bearing on how these are reflected or refracted in the target language. This proposition is particularly evident in the case of classics: when translators have to work on literary creations occupying a pivotal position in the source/target cultures, they adopt strategies of literalness and ennoblement which betray a quasi-religious awe – on the one hand, a desire to ruffle the surface of the revered original as little as possible; and on the other, a determination to reproduce the supposed “classical qualities” of the classic even when they are not present in the source. In this dissertation, Paola Venturi studies how the “idea of classic” influences translation theory and practice, and substantiates her theoretical observations by looking at Italian translations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English classics. A marked – and historically determined – disparity between source and target readerships, and the translators’ reverence for their prestigious originals, conspire to produce Italian versions which are much more “wooden” and “elegant” than their English counterparts.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Venturi, Paola
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze umanistiche
Ciclo
23
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Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
traduzione classici Italia-Inghilterra Ottocento Novecento
URN:NBN
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4097
Data di discussione
23 Settembre 2011
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