PhD and MA in Language Studies (Translation Studies) from UFMG; BA in Modern Language Teaching (English and Portuguese) from UEFS. Translation Studies Professor at UFMG. Address: Brazil
Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar variações na gradação dos valores atitudinais (MAR... more Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar variações na gradação dos valores atitudinais (MARTIN; WHITE, 2005) em duas narrativas traduzidas. Adotou-se a perspectiva semântico-discursiva da estrutura genérica dos textos (MARTIN, 1992; MARTIN; ROSE, 2003, 2008) juntamente com a perspectiva de tradução como reinstanciação do texto-fonte (SOUZA, 2010). As narrativas selecionadas para este estudo foram Things Fall Apart (1994[1958]) e Arrow of God (1989[1964]), ambas escritas por Chinua Achebe. Suas reinstanciações em português brasileiro são O mundo se despedaça (2009[1983]) e A flecha de Deus (2011), pela tradutora Vera Queiroz da Costa e Silva. De cada narrativa, foram selecionados três conjuntos de fases discursivas de diferentes estágios discursivos. Para cada conjunto de fases do texto-fonte, selecionou-se o conjunto de fases equivalente nos textos traduzidos. Os procedimentos de análise foram divididos em duas etapas. Na primeira, os recursos que realizam gradação nos textos-fonte e textos traduzidos foram identificados e classificados de acordo com seu tipo e grau de intensificação ou prototipicidade. Na segunda etapa, as análises dos textos-fonte e traduzidos foram contrastadas para identificação de variações no acoplamento e/ou na calibragem da gradação dos valores atitudinais reinstanciados. Os resultados mostram que os textos traduzidos são menos graduados do que os textos-fonte, principalmente em relação aos valores de julgamento. Essa diminuição ocorre tanto pelo não acoplamento de recursos de gradação na reinstanciação de determinados valores quanto pelo menor grau de calibragem da gradação nas escolhas lexicais.
This article expands the investigation in Dias (2018), on
semantic variations of appraisal in Bra... more This article expands the investigation in Dias (2018), on semantic variations of appraisal in Brazilian translations of two of Chinua Achebe’s novels, Things Fall Apart (1994[1959]) and Arrow of God (1969[1964]), to the Portuguese translations of these texts. It aims at identifying semantic variations of appraisal in the retranslations as well as testing the retranslation hypothesis originated in Berman (1990). According to theoretical assumptions in this text, the translation of a literary text would be an “incomplete” act that could only achieve completion through retranslations. Previous works on translation of literary texts do not usually investigate appraisal from a discourse-semantics perspective, disregarding it in unfolding texts and using a corpus analysis methodology. Dias (2018) draws on a discourse-semantics model to study Brazilian translations as re-instantiations. This work focuses on excerpts of the Portuguese reinstantiations Tudo se desmorona (2008), from Things Fall Apart, and A flecha de Deus (1979), from Arrow of God. The study uses appraisal analysis as a method to investigate patterns of evaluative configurations of attitude, engagement and graduation in the excerpts studied. The findings, compared to those in Dias (2018), suggest there are semantic variations between the pairs of re-instantiations regarding the appraisal mode, the different coupling and commitment of values, and non-re-instantiations or the instantiation of new values. These results suggest the two reinstantiations are different types of paraphrases of the source text. They also confirm the retranslation hypothesis.
Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar variações na gradação dos valores atitudinais (MAR... more Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar variações na gradação dos valores atitudinais (MARTIN; WHITE, 2005) em duas narrativas traduzidas. Adotou-se a perspectiva semântico-discursiva da estrutura genérica dos textos (MARTIN, 1992; MARTIN; ROSE, 2003, 2008) juntamente com a perspectiva de tradução como reinstanciação do texto-fonte (SOUZA, 2010). As narrativas selecionadas para este estudo foram Things Fall Apart (1994[1958]) e Arrow of God (1989[1964]), ambas escritas por Chinua Achebe. Suas reinstanciações em português brasileiro são O mundo se despedaça (2009[1983]) e A flecha de Deus (2011), pela tradutora Vera Queiroz da Costa e Silva. De cada narrativa, foram selecionados três conjuntos de fases discursivas de diferentes estágios discursivos. Para cada conjunto de fases do texto-fonte, selecionou-se o conjunto de fases equivalente nos textos traduzidos. Os procedimentos de análise foram divididos em duas etapas. Na primeira, os recursos que realizam gradação nos textos-fonte e textos traduzidos foram identificados e classificados de acordo com seu tipo e grau de intensificação ou prototipicidade. Na segunda etapa, as análises dos textos-fonte e traduzidos foram contrastadas para identificação de variações no acoplamento e/ou na calibragem da gradação dos valores atitudinais reinstanciados. Os resultados mostram que os textos traduzidos são menos graduados do que os textos-fonte, principalmente em relação aos valores de julgamento. Essa diminuição ocorre tanto pelo não acoplamento de recursos de gradação na reinstanciação de determinados valores quanto pelo menor grau de calibragem da gradação nas escolhas lexicais.
This article expands the investigation in Dias (2018), on
semantic variations of appraisal in Bra... more This article expands the investigation in Dias (2018), on semantic variations of appraisal in Brazilian translations of two of Chinua Achebe’s novels, Things Fall Apart (1994[1959]) and Arrow of God (1969[1964]), to the Portuguese translations of these texts. It aims at identifying semantic variations of appraisal in the retranslations as well as testing the retranslation hypothesis originated in Berman (1990). According to theoretical assumptions in this text, the translation of a literary text would be an “incomplete” act that could only achieve completion through retranslations. Previous works on translation of literary texts do not usually investigate appraisal from a discourse-semantics perspective, disregarding it in unfolding texts and using a corpus analysis methodology. Dias (2018) draws on a discourse-semantics model to study Brazilian translations as re-instantiations. This work focuses on excerpts of the Portuguese reinstantiations Tudo se desmorona (2008), from Things Fall Apart, and A flecha de Deus (1979), from Arrow of God. The study uses appraisal analysis as a method to investigate patterns of evaluative configurations of attitude, engagement and graduation in the excerpts studied. The findings, compared to those in Dias (2018), suggest there are semantic variations between the pairs of re-instantiations regarding the appraisal mode, the different coupling and commitment of values, and non-re-instantiations or the instantiation of new values. These results suggest the two reinstantiations are different types of paraphrases of the source text. They also confirm the retranslation hypothesis.
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semantic variations of appraisal in Brazilian translations of two of Chinua
Achebe’s novels, Things Fall Apart (1994[1959]) and Arrow of God
(1969[1964]), to the Portuguese translations of these texts. It aims at
identifying semantic variations of appraisal in the retranslations as well as
testing the retranslation hypothesis originated in Berman (1990). According
to theoretical assumptions in this text, the translation of a literary text
would be an “incomplete” act that could only achieve completion through
retranslations. Previous works on translation of literary texts do not usually
investigate appraisal from a discourse-semantics perspective, disregarding
it in unfolding texts and using a corpus analysis methodology. Dias (2018)
draws on a discourse-semantics model to study Brazilian translations as
re-instantiations. This work focuses on excerpts of the Portuguese reinstantiations
Tudo se desmorona (2008), from Things Fall Apart, and
A flecha de Deus (1979), from Arrow of God. The study uses appraisal
analysis as a method to investigate patterns of evaluative configurations of
attitude, engagement and graduation in the excerpts studied. The findings,
compared to those in Dias (2018), suggest there are semantic variations
between the pairs of re-instantiations regarding the appraisal mode, the
different coupling and commitment of values, and non-re-instantiations
or the instantiation of new values. These results suggest the two reinstantiations
are different types of paraphrases of the source text. They
also confirm the retranslation hypothesis.
semantic variations of appraisal in Brazilian translations of two of Chinua
Achebe’s novels, Things Fall Apart (1994[1959]) and Arrow of God
(1969[1964]), to the Portuguese translations of these texts. It aims at
identifying semantic variations of appraisal in the retranslations as well as
testing the retranslation hypothesis originated in Berman (1990). According
to theoretical assumptions in this text, the translation of a literary text
would be an “incomplete” act that could only achieve completion through
retranslations. Previous works on translation of literary texts do not usually
investigate appraisal from a discourse-semantics perspective, disregarding
it in unfolding texts and using a corpus analysis methodology. Dias (2018)
draws on a discourse-semantics model to study Brazilian translations as
re-instantiations. This work focuses on excerpts of the Portuguese reinstantiations
Tudo se desmorona (2008), from Things Fall Apart, and
A flecha de Deus (1979), from Arrow of God. The study uses appraisal
analysis as a method to investigate patterns of evaluative configurations of
attitude, engagement and graduation in the excerpts studied. The findings,
compared to those in Dias (2018), suggest there are semantic variations
between the pairs of re-instantiations regarding the appraisal mode, the
different coupling and commitment of values, and non-re-instantiations
or the instantiation of new values. These results suggest the two reinstantiations
are different types of paraphrases of the source text. They
also confirm the retranslation hypothesis.