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The silence of the forest : a translation from French to English with analysis and literature review

The Central African Republic is a small country located in the center of Africa. It is a very young nation in terms of political independence, but as the CAR emerges as a nation, it has begun to produce valuable authors who write for the French speaking world. This thesis is an attempt to bring part of the CAR's literature to the United States.Le Silence de la Foret was written by Etienne Goyemide and not only describes the culture of the mainstream population of the CAR, but also that of Pygmies. Although the book is a novel, the cultural aspects are not fictitious. This thesis is a translation of Goyemide's novel into English so that it can be made accessible to the English speaking world.The process of translating such a literary work required and increased knowledge and understanding of both French and English. In attempting to capture the style and tone of the author, careful attention was given to such aspects as tense, syntactic structures, register and vocabulary. A chapter of the thesis is devoted to describing the problems encountered during translation and the reasoning for the translations chosen. / Department of English

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/185630
Date January 1996
CreatorsWolfgang, Bonnie J.
ContributorsGoy�emid�e, Etienne. Silence de la for�et English., Ball State University. Dept. of English., Riddle, Elizabeth M.
Source SetsBall State University
Languageeng fre
Detected LanguageEnglish
Formativ, 207 leaves ; 28 cm.
SourceVirtual Press
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