The Retranslation Hypothesis is based on the premise that first translations tend to be more targ... more The Retranslation Hypothesis is based on the premise that first translations tend to be more target-oriented than subsequent translations and it is believed that this linear progress of the translational process ultimately heightens the quality of the most recent translation. The assessment of this so-called quality is underpinned by the idea that translations “age” for a myriad of different reasons and need to be updated from time to time. This study intends to test the validity of this hypothesis and its premises using the translation and retranslation of the novel Perto do Coração Selvagem written by Clarice Lispector. A comparative analysis based on a few samples of text from the original and the translations was carried out based on the translation strategies of Nida (1964), Vinay & Darbelnet (1995) and Berman (2004). The style of each translator, based on their conscious and unconscious translation choices, was also studied using Mona Baker’s (2000) stylistic features of type/token ratio, average sentence length and reporting verbs. The findings of the above analyses showed that Pontiero did in fact use a combination of different strategies to render his translation, however, the overall result was indeed a domestication of the text, which supports the validity of the Retranslation Hypothesis for the comparative analysis of the translations of Perto do Coração Selvagem.
The Retranslation Hypothesis is based on the premise that first translations tend to be more targ... more The Retranslation Hypothesis is based on the premise that first translations tend to be more target-oriented than subsequent translations and it is believed that this linear progress of the translational process ultimately heightens the quality of the most recent translation. The assessment of this so-called quality is underpinned by the idea that translations “age” for a myriad of different reasons and need to be updated from time to time. This study intends to test the validity of this hypothesis and its premises using the translation and retranslation of the novel Perto do Coração Selvagem written by Clarice Lispector. A comparative analysis based on a few samples of text from the original and the translations was carried out based on the translation strategies of Nida (1964), Vinay & Darbelnet (1995) and Berman (2004). The style of each translator, based on their conscious and unconscious translation choices, was also studied using Mona Baker’s (2000) stylistic features of type/token ratio, average sentence length and reporting verbs. The findings of the above analyses showed that Pontiero did in fact use a combination of different strategies to render his translation, however, the overall result was indeed a domestication of the text, which supports the validity of the Retranslation Hypothesis for the comparative analysis of the translations of Perto do Coração Selvagem.
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