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<p>Of all translation work in the world at any given time, poetry makes up just a small proportion. And of all theorists in translation, only a few tackled the issue of poetry translation for reasons that need no expatiation. The article below discusses two translations into Romanian of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells,” focusing on the approaches and techniques used by the translators in what concerns the transfer of phonological patterns from English into Romanian. The aim is to determine to what extent the target-language texts are faithful replicas in terms of orchestration and aesthetic function, and, whether the outcome has suffered any meaning transformation as a result of the transfer of phonological patterns.</p>
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Of all translation work in the world at any given time, poetry makes up just a small proportion. And of all theorists in translation, only a few tackled the issue of poetry translation for reasons that need no expatiation. The article below discusses two translations into Romanian of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Bells,” focusing on the approaches and techniques used by the translators in what concerns the transfer of phonological patterns from English into Romanian. The aim is to determine to what extent the target-language texts are faithful replicas in terms of orchestration and aesthetic function, and, whether the outcome has suffered any meaning transformation as a result of the transfer of phonological patterns.

Phonological Patterns in the Translations of Poe’s “The Bells” into Romanian

East-West Cultural Passage

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Of all translation work in the world at any given time, poetry makes up just a small proportion. And of all theorists in translation, only a few tackled the...

Phonological Patterns in the Translations of Poe’s “The Bells” into Romanian

Published Online: May 12, 2021

Page range: 114 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2020-0014

Keywords
phonological patterns, phonological translation, poetic mimesis, alliteration, rhyme, rhythmic patterns, translation techniques, poetry translation, orchestration, mimetic/analogical/organic translation

© 2020 Maria-Teodora Creangă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Phonological Patterns in the Translations of Poe’s “The Bells” into Romanian

Published Online: May 12, 2021

Page range: 114 - 127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ewcp-2020-0014

Keywordsphonological patterns, phonological translation, poetic mimesis, alliteration, rhyme, rhythmic patterns, translation techniques, poetry translation, orchestration, mimetic/analogical/organic translation

© 2020 Maria-Teodora Creangă, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
phonological patterns, phonological translation, poetic mimesis, alliteration, rhyme, rhythmic patterns, translation techniques, poetry translation, orchestration, mimetic/analogical/organic translation