How Europe Reads Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Problems of Translation
Authors:
Alexander
Shurbanov
St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Pages:
249-
273
Abstract:
This article presents a critical overview of the European translations of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, including the Bulgarian ones. The problems of translation are discussed under three general rubrics: (1) problems owing to prosodic differences between English and other languages; (2) problems owing to differences between the English and other poetic traditions; (3) problems owing to the specific features of Shakespeare’s poetics. The last two sections of the article are devoted to a discussion of basic translation strategies and the tendencies in the historical development of the European translation of the Sonnets.
Keywords:
Shakespeare, Sonnets, Translation, Reception, Europe
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