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Boase-Beier, Jean 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0446-6230
(2020)
Poetry.
In:
Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies.
Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 410-414.
ISBN 978113893330
Abstract
The central question that most studies of poetry translation ask, implicitly or explicitly, is whether poetry can be translated. It may seem obvious that it can, since poetry has always been translated. One way of overcoming it is demonstrated by Burnshaw, who translates poetry into a non-poetic text with detailed commentary. This approach can, as this case illustrates, provide highly sensitive prose translations that allow the reader great insight into the original poems. Descriptive theory can enhance the poetry translator’s knowledge of what is possible, and thus be a valuable tool. Three main types of theory are likely to be of particular relevance to theorizing the translation of poetry: theories of poetry, theories of the mind and theories of translation. Much of the information about poetry translation that serves as the basis for theorizing is provided by practising translators in prefaces, notes, introductions and descriptive essays, as well as on various online platforms.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | translation,poetry,poetry translation |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jan 2020 06:42 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 08:14 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73662 |
| DOI: | 10.4324/9781315678627 |
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