The present essay is a translation study on the two French versions of the Swedish novel Doktor Glas, by Hjalmar Söderberg. As one among relatively few Swedish novels of its time, Doktor Glas has been translated and re-translated. The main purpose of this study is to identify and explain differences between the two French versions of Doktor Glas, concerning the ways the literary style of the Swedish author has been translated. By focusing on the methods of translation (transitions, omissions and the use of footnotes) used by the different translators, I examine to what extent the later ones have been successful in rendering what I call the “söderbergian” style/”le style söderbergien”. For this purpose, certain passages from the two French versions have been examined and compared to the corresponding passages within the original text. The different translators have used different methods of translation, some of which are and have sometimes been considered as controversial, for example in terms of their capacity to render the author-specific style into another language. A main conclusion in this study is that the re-translation is the more faithful of the two French versions of the “söderbergian” style/”le style söderbergien”.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:vxu-5865 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Söderström, Mikael |
| Publisher | Växjö universitet, Institutionen för humaniora |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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