The Sieve of Translation

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_1528
dc.title	The Sieve of Translation. Reflections on the French Version of The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
dc.contributor.author	Boraso Silvia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/il-tolomeo/2018/1/the-sieve-of-translation/
dc.description.abstract	This case study aims to analyse the difficulties a translator faces when dealing with a text that is built around the representation of oral language. In The Butcher Boy, the Irish author Patrick McCabe uses linguistic characterisation to confer social plausibility to his characters and builds the entire novel as a monologue the first-person narrator delivers in his own voice. The challenge such a variety of factors poses makes the translation of the book into any language an interesting subject of investigation. This contribution will draw a parallel between the original text and its French translation by focusing on the hermeneutic choices the translator has to make during the entire translating process.
dc.relation.ispartof	Il Tolomeo
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 20 \| December 2018
dc.issued	2018-12-21
dc.dateAccepted	2018-11-20
dc.dateSubmitted	2018-09-29
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2499-5975
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/Tol/2499-5975/2018/20/017
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Linguistic characterisation
dc.subject	Linguistic characterisation
dc.subject	Patrick McCabe
dc.subject	Patrick McCabe
dc.subject	Translation as hermeneutic process
dc.subject	Translation as hermeneutic process
dc.subject	Translation as negotiation
dc.subject	Translation as negotiation

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Reflections on the French Version of The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

Silvia Boraso Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia; Université Paris-Est Créteil, France

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abstract

This case study aims to analyse the difficulties a translator faces when dealing with a text that is built around the representation of oral language. In The Butcher Boy, the Irish author Patrick McCabe uses linguistic characterisation to confer social plausibility to his characters and builds the entire novel as a monologue the first-person narrator delivers in his own voice. The challenge such a variety of factors poses makes the translation of the book into any language an interesting subject of investigation. This contribution will draw a parallel between the original text and its French translation by focusing on the hermeneutic choices the translator has to make during the entire translating process.

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Dec. 21, 2018

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Nov. 20, 2018

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Sept. 29, 2018

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Keywords: Translation as hermeneutic process • Linguistic characterisation • Patrick McCabe • Translation as negotiation

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