Analysis of the Persian translation of three of Eric Emmanuel Schmitt’s narratives using theoretical observations of Umberto Eco

Document Type : پژوهش های زبان و ترجمه فرانسه

Authors

• Marziyh Athari Nikazm ¹
• Rana Taherzadeh ²

¹ Shahid Beheshti University

² Shahid Beheshti

10.22067/rllf.v2i1.29597

Abstract

In this research we tried to analyze the Persian translation of three of Eric Emmanuel Schmitt’s narratives: Milarepa, Mr. Ibrahim and the flowers of Koran and Oscar and the lady in pink, using theoretical observations of Umberto Eco, stating that the translation must be world by world. This formula separates him from other theorists who see only two approaches toward translation: sourcier or cibliste which means source language or target language translation. We also applied Louis Hjelmslev’s theory of language to analyze our corpus and answer the following questions: how can the translator convey the Ideology and the “possible world” of the author? With which linguistic means he can transfer another cultural world to his own proper world? How can he remain faithful to the author’s unique style, while conveying his world at the same time? Our goal in this analysis is to show the process which the translator follows to achieve the world by world translation. This work consists of three different chapters in which we explained the theoretical observations of U. Eco and also the translator’s choices in order to realize whether he succeeded to convey the possible world of the script or not. We have also tried to show the difficulty of the translations due to the cultural and language differences between French and Farsi and the path the translator has chosen to challenge and overcome them. And to conclude our research we have stated that the translator has been indeed successful to convey the possible world, in many parts. But concerning the form of the text there has been deviations.
 

Keywords

• world by world translation
• the possible world
• Negotiations
• faithfulness

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