[B-Greek] Essays on translation

Doug Chaplin lists at actually.me.uk
Mon Nov 7 17:46:10 EST 2005


I know this thread is in danger of going off topic, but ISTM that the debate
on translation has moved on beyond the "literal" / "dynamic" type of
contrast evoked in the posts to include questions that lie beyond strict
meaning to include questions of effect / affect. Words and utterances are
not simply seen as containers of meaning, but also conveyors of emotion, or
intended to produce a particular effect in the reader, or touch the
affections etc. Translation then becomes not only a question of rendering
the meaning of the utterance in the source language into the target
language, but also producing the same effect in the target language as was
intended in the source language.

Doug Chaplin
Droitwich Spa




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