Challenges and Procedures in Translation and Cultural Transposition:Troilus and Cressida and The Two Noble Kinsmen

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  • José Roberto Bastos O'Shea UFSC

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148561321

Keywords:

Troilus and Cressida, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Translation/cultural transposition

Abstract

The article resorts to illustrations drawn from two annotated, verse translations of playtexts carried out by the author himself under the aegis of a research project funded by CNPq-PQ. The two plays are Troilus and Cressida and The Two Noble Kinsmen, the former by William Shakespeare and the latter by Shakespeare and John Fletcher. For this purpose, the article invokes precepts of the so-called “translation/cultural transposition” (viz. Sándor and Higgins), as well as notions pertaining to “culture-specific items”, or CSIs (viz. Aixelá). The article postulates and concludes that such precepts can become basic, comprehensive translation procedures capable of facing the notorious lexical and cultural challenges inherent to the translation of English Renaissance Drama.

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2021-03-11 — Updated on 2022-08-01

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O’Shea, J. R. B. (2022). Challenges and Procedures in Translation and Cultural Transposition:Troilus and Cressida and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Letras, 141–158. https://doi.org/10.5902/2176148561321 (Original work published March 11, 2021)

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Edição Especial - 2/2020: Teatro Elisabetano e Jacobino: estudos textuais, teatrais e críticos

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