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  1. Untranslatability and the challenge of world literature : a South African example
    Author: Attridge, Derek
    Published: 04.05.2021

    What are called 'natural languages' are artificial, often politically instituted and regulated, phenomena; a more accurate picture of speech practices around the globe is of a multidimensional continuum. This essay asks what the implications of this... more

     

    What are called 'natural languages' are artificial, often politically instituted and regulated, phenomena; a more accurate picture of speech practices around the globe is of a multidimensional continuum. This essay asks what the implications of this understanding of language are for translation, and focuses on the variety of Afrikaans known as Kaaps, which has traditionally been treated as a dialect rather than a language in its own right. An analysis of a poem in Kaaps by Nathan Trantraal reveals the challenges such a use of language constitutes for translation. A revised understanding of translation is proposed, relying less on the notion of transfer of meaning from one language to another and more on an active engagement with the experience of the reader.

     
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    Source: CompaRe
    Language: English
    Media type: Part of a book; Part of a book
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 978-3-96558-013-8; 978-3-96558-022-0
    DDC Categories: 400; 439; 800; 839
    Collection: ICI Berlin
    Subjects: Sprache; Mundart; Afrikaans; Mundart Afrikaans <Kapstadt, Region>; Übersetzung; Weltliteratur
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  2. Lyric poetry and community good : Kaaps and the Cape Flats
    Author: Attridge, Derek
    Published: 10.12.2024

    Recent years have seen a campaign to advance the status of Kaaps, the language spoken by the coloured community of the Cape Flats but long considered a dialect of Afrikaans. An important element in this endeavour has been the publication of lyric... more

     

    Recent years have seen a campaign to advance the status of Kaaps, the language spoken by the coloured community of the Cape Flats but long considered a dialect of Afrikaans. An important element in this endeavour has been the publication of lyric poetry in Kaaps, which is read both by members of the community, who can identify with it as a form of protest but also as a source of pride, and by middleclass white readers, who may gain from it an enhanced appreciation of the culture of this community.

     
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    Source: CompaRe
    Language: English
    Media type: Part of a book; Part of a book
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 978-3-96558-078-7; 978-3-96558-079-4; 978-3-96558-077-0
    DDC Categories: 800; 839
    Collection: ICI Berlin
    Subjects: Mundart Afrikaans <Kapstadt, Region>; Lyrik
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    creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de

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