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The book offers a view of the translation of a literary text as a reconstruction of the non-standard linguistic worldview embedded in that text, and emerging from the standard, conventional worldview present in a given language and culture. This translation strategy (and the ensuing detailed decisions) is explained via the metaphor of two icebergs, representing the source and target texts as iceberg tips, resting on the vast foundations of the source and target languages and cultures. This thesis is illustrated by analyses of English translations of two poems by Wisława Szymborska, the 1996 Nobel Prize winner: „Rozmowa z kamieniem“ (Conversation with a Stone/Rock) and „Chmury“ (Clouds).



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language and culture in translation – linguistic worldview in literary translation – the metaphor of two icebergs as a translation model – poetry of Wisława Szymborska in English translations – an ethnolinguistic approach to literary translation – cognitive poetics

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 31/08/2021
      ISBN13: 9783631861363, 978-3631861363
      ISBN10: 3631861362

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The book offers a view of the translation of a literary text as a reconstruction of the non-standard linguistic worldview embedded in that text, and emerging from the standard, conventional worldview present in a given language and culture. This translation strategy (and the ensuing detailed decisions) is explained via the metaphor of two icebergs, representing the source and target texts as iceberg tips, resting on the vast foundations of the source and target languages and cultures. This thesis is illustrated by analyses of English translations of two poems by Wisława Szymborska, the 1996 Nobel Prize winner: „Rozmowa z kamieniem“ (Conversation with a Stone/Rock) and „Chmury“ (Clouds).



      Table of Contents

      language and culture in translation – linguistic worldview in literary translation – the metaphor of two icebergs as a translation model – poetry of Wisława Szymborska in English translations – an ethnolinguistic approach to literary translation – cognitive poetics

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