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Translating German Novellas into English

Marc J. Schweissinger
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      Translation of fiction is always interpretation. This book discusses the challenges facing translators of fictional works from German into English using as examples English translations of canonical German novellas by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Theodor Storm, Gerhart Hauptmann, Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka. The author addresses the difficulties of translating in the poststructuralist era, when every fictional work potentially has a large number of interpretations and, therefore, at least the same number of possible translations. Considering interpretations of the original text in detail not only improves the reader’s understanding and ability to criticize the translated text, but it will also provide valuable insight into the possible intentions of the writer. An initial linguistic observation of a target text can therefore lead to a fruitful connection between the linguistic and literary analysis of translated works. This book offers new perspectives on the delicate negotiation of translating source texts for a contemporary audience while maintaining the values, ideas and hidden meanings from the source in relation to its original époque.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Marc J. Schweissinger EAN: 9783034309844 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 420 g HEIGHT: 225 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-02-18 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

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      German, Biedermeier, Classical style, Realism, Sturm und Drang, Language: reference and general, Translation and interpretation, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Cultural studies

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      Marc J. Schweissinger is Language Tutor in the School of European Languages, Translation and Politics at Cardiff University. He studied German philology and history at the University of Kassel, where he later taught courses in German literature and linguistics as a lecturer. He has published in both English and German in the fields of modern German literature, German language and translation studies.
      Translation of fiction is always interpretation. This book discusses the challenges facing translators of fictional works from German into English using as examples English translations of canonical German novellas by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Theodor Storm, Gerhart Hauptmann, Thomas Mann and Franz Kafka. The author addresses the difficulties of translating in the poststructuralist era, when every fictional work potentially has a large number of interpretations and, therefore, at least the same number of possible translations. Considering interpretations of the original text in detail not only improves the reader’s understanding and ability to criticize the translated text, but it will also provide valuable insight into the possible intentions of the writer. An initial linguistic observation of a target text can therefore lead to a fruitful connection between the linguistic and literary analysis of translated works. This book offers new perspectives on the delicate negotiation of translating source texts for a contemporary audience while maintaining the values, ideas and hidden meanings from the source in relation to its original époque.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Marc J. Schweissinger EAN: 9783034309844 COUNTRY: Switzerland PAGES: WEIGHT: 420 g HEIGHT: 225 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-02-18 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Eastern, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

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      German, Biedermeier, Classical style, Realism, Sturm und Drang, Language: reference and general, Translation and interpretation, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Cultural studies

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      Marc J. Schweissinger is Language Tutor in the School of European Languages, Translation and Politics at Cardiff University. He studied German philology and history at the University of Kassel, where he later taught courses in German literature and linguistics as a lecturer. He has published in both English and German in the fields of modern German literature, German language and translation studies.

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