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Title:The challenge of translating children's literature : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland translated by Vladimir Nabokov
Authors:ID Kaloh Vid, Natalia (Author)
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URL http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/3319
 
Language:English
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Abstract:In the article the author focuses on Vladimir Nabokov's translation of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, made in 1923. The main intention of the article is to analyze Nabokov's translation strategies of domestication, realized in the text as substitution and localization, and to explain possible reasons for his decision in favour of almost complete Russification of the original. It is possible that Nabokov considered children's attitude towards the final result as the most important part of the translation process. Thus, he used domesticated strategies to transfer for Russian children the humour, the originality and brightness of the paradoxical and attractive world of Lewis Carroll, his sense of the absurd and his amazing gift for games of logic and language, providing a recognizable and familiar atmosphere for the readers. Undoubtedly, his young Russian readers were able to identity themselves with the story and to comprehend the complex world created by Lewis Carroll. On the other hand, Nabokov refuses to oversimplify his translation or to patronize its young audience through simplistic translation solutions.
Keywords:translation, literary translation, domesticated translation, children's literature, Nabokov, Alice, Carroll
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year of publishing:2008
Number of pages:str. 217-227
Numbering:Letn 5, št. 1/2
PID:20.500.12556/DKUM-65714 New window
ISSN:1581-8918
UDC:81'255.4:821.111.03-93Carroll L.=161.1
ISSN on article:1581-8918
COBISS.SI-ID:17269768 New window
DOI:10.4312/elope.5.1-2.217-227 New window
NUK URN:URN:SI:UM:DK:3Z5SS9JY
Publication date in DKUM:16.05.2017
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KALOH VID, Natalia, 2008, The challenge of translating children’s literature : Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland translated by Vladimir Nabokov. ELOPE : English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries [online]. 2008. Vol. Letn 5, no. 1/2, p. 217–227. [Accessed 21 March 2025]. DOI 10.4312/elope.5.1-2.217-227. Retrieved from: https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=65714
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Title:ELOPE : English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries
Publisher:Slovensko društvo za angleške študije
ISSN:1581-8918
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Licensing start date:16.05.2017

Secondary language

Language:Slovenian
Title:Prevajanje otroške literature kot izziv : prevod Alice v čudežni deželi Vladimirja Nabokova
Abstract:Avtorica analizira prevod pravljice Lewisa Carrolla Alica v čudežni deželi, izpod peresa ruskega pisatelja in prevajalca Vladimirja Nabokova. Prevladujoča prevajalska metoda Nabokova je metoda podomačitve (domestication), ki predpostavlja visoko stopnjo prirejanja in prilagoditve tujega konteksta kulturnemu okolju ciljnega kroga bralcev. Glavni cilj razprave je ugotoviti in pojasniti, na kakšen način in s pomočjo katerih prevajalskih strategij je Nabokov priredil viktorijansko pravljico, da je postala razumljiva in zanimiva za ruske otroke. Priredba izvornega besedila Nabokova vključuje med drugim zamenjavo parodij na znane angleške pesmi z njegovimi lastnimi parodijami na klasične ruske pesmi, nadomestitev kulturnih prvin, prilagoditev stilističnega nivoja in spremembo angleških osebnih imen. Avtorica namerava pojasniti, zakaj se je Nabokov odločil prav za metodo podomačitve, čeprav je v svojih kasnejših razpravah nedvoumno dajal prednost metodi potujitve (foreignization), ki jo je sam uspešno uporabil pri prevodu Jevgenija Onjegina.
Keywords:prevajanje, književni prevodi, otroška književnost, Nabokov, Alica, Carroll, podomačitev prevodov


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