Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (2)

Authors

Nakhodkina, Alina A.

Contact information

Nakhodkina, Alina A.:North-Eastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov 58 Belinskiy Str., Yakutsk, 677980, Russia; E-mail:

Keywords

translation; (un)translatability; epic; Olonkho; translation strategies

Abstract

The author revisits the issues of untranslatability in the context of cross-cultural communication and analyzed translation as a means of cross-cultural contact. The nature of the problem of (un) translatability is discussed from Wilhelm von Humboldt’s view of language as “an expression of the spirit of a nation” and from the perspective of the linguistic relativity hypothesis which views language as “a mediator of thought”. The research as part of a large translation project is based on the material of the Olonkho – a Yakut (Sakha) heroic epic poem. The analysis of various linguistic and cultural barriers including lexical gaps as main stumbling blocks while translating is given as well as a brief description of Olonkho

Pages

273-286

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10229

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