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| '''Translation''' is the [[interpretation]] of the [[Meaning (linguistic)|meaning]] of a text in one [[language]] (the "source text") and the production, in another [[language]], of an [[Dynamic and formal equivalence|equivalent]] text (the "target text," or "translation") that communicates the same [[message]]. | '''Translation''' is the [[interpretation]] of the [[Meaning (linguistic)|meaning]] of a text in one [[language]] (the "source text") and the production, in another [[language]], of an [[Dynamic and formal equivalence|equivalent]] text (the "target text," or "translation") that communicates the same [[message]]. | ||
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| + | Translation of [[literature|literary works]] ([[novel]]s, [[short story|short stories]], [[theatre|plays]], [[poetry|poems]], etc.) is often considered a literary pursuit in its own right. | ||
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| + | Writers, among many who have made a name for themselves as literary translators, include [[Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński]], [[Vladimir Nabokov]], [[Jorge Luis Borges]] and [[Vasily Zhukovsky]]. | ||
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| + | [[Charles Baudelaire]] was one of the most influential [[French literature|French poet]]s of the nineteenth century. He was an important [[translator]], most notably of the works of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. | ||
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| *[[Traduttore, traditore]] | *[[Traduttore, traditore]] | ||
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Translation is the interpretation of the meaning of a text in one language (the "source text") and the production, in another language, of an equivalent text (the "target text," or "translation") that communicates the same message.
Translation of literary works (novels, short stories, plays, poems, etc.) is often considered a literary pursuit in its own right.
Writers, among many who have made a name for themselves as literary translators, include Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges and Vasily Zhukovsky.
Charles Baudelaire was one of the most influential French poets of the nineteenth century. He was an important translator, most notably of the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
See also
- Traduttore, traditore
- Untranslatable
- Index Translationum
- Translation theory
- Words hardest to translate
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