Literary Translation, Variety, and Idiolect

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  • Walter Carlos Costa Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.22.1.83-89

Keywords:

literary translation, linguistic variety, literary variety, literary quality

Abstract

Every literary work that is judged translatable for aesthetic or commercial purposes is written in a language variety (dialect) and tends to be an authorial text, written in a personal linguistic variety (idiolect). Highly regarded translations tend to reproduce a configuration similar to that of the original works, merging dialectal and idiolectal features. The imposition of a dialectal variety on translators by editors can considerably limit their creative capacity.

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Published

2012-04-30

How to Cite

Costa, W. C. (2012). Literary Translation, Variety, and Idiolect. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 22(1), 83–89. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.22.1.83-89

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2012): O Cânone da Literatura Traduzida no Brasil

Section

Dossiê - O Cânone da Literatura Traduzida no Brasil

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Copyright (c) 2012 Walter Carlos Costa (Autor)

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