Non-literary in the Light of Literary Translation
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https://doi.org/10.26512/belasinfieis.v11.n1.2022.42272Keywords:
Literary translation. Non-literary translation. Specialised translation. Reality. Style.Abstract
The purpose of this article is to contrast non-literary with literary translation. An example from the opening pages of Kafka’s Amerika is used to illustrate how literary texts may be translated differently from non-literary ones. They differ essentially through intention (literary texts belong to the world of imagination whereas non-literary ones belong to the world of facts) and through the fact literary texts are about persons while non-literary ones are about objects. Nevertheless, both texts are concerned with the fundamental truths of translation: factual, aesthetic, allegorical truth, logical and linguistic truth.
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