Sign-Migration: Semio-Kinetic Recalibration in Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Its Arabic Translation
Main Article Content
Abstract
Translation is a rather complicated process because it does not aim at transferring the meaning of words only, but also aims at transferring whatever surrounds these words, from semio-kinetic features to the entire semiosphere of the text. Children’s literature is a very strong candidate for studying how a translator manages to transfer meaning and semiosphere in his work because it is full of signs and semio-kinetic expressions.
The present study focuses on how the translator translates the signs, kinetics, and semiosphere of the source text. It examines the different translation techniques, such as preservation, recreation, intensification, and others, that are used to recalibrate the semio-kinetic features of the ST. It analyzes the semio-kinetic features of the English expressions used in Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and studies their Arabic counterparts, focusing on the translation technique used and measuring whether the effect of such technique on readers is similar to that of the ST.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
This open-access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
You are free to: Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format. Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms: Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
No additional restrictions You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
How to Cite
Share
References
Lotman, Y. M. (1990). Universe of the mind: A semiotic theory of culture (A. Shukman, Trans.). Indiana University Press. https://books.google.com/books/about/Universe_of_the_Mind.html?id=0-xSQHU1YNYC
Nida, E. A. (1964). Toward a science of translating: With special reference to principles and procedures involved in Bible translating. E. J. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004496330
Molina, L., & Hurtado Albir, A. (2002). Translation techniques revisited: A dynamic and functionalist approach. Meta, 47(4), 498–512. https://doi.org/10.7202/008033ar
Dahl, R. (1970). Fantastic Mr Fox. George Allen & Unwin. https://www.worldcat.org/title/127116
Dahl, R. (2018). Al-Sayyid Thaʿlab al-ʿAẓīm [The great Mr. Fox] (M. Gamal, Trans.). Dar El Shorouk. (Original work published 1970). https://www.shoroukbookstores.com/
Oittinen, R. (2000). Translating for children. Garland Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203902004
Shavit, Z. (1986). Poetics of children’s literature. University of Georgia Press. https://books.google.com/books/about/Poetics_of_Children_s_Literature.html?id=a64UAAAAIAAJ
Lathey, G. (2016). Translating children’s literature. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315753508
Mdallel, S. (2003). Translating children’s literature in the Arab world: The state of the art. Meta, 48(1–2), 298–306. https://doi.org/10.7202/006976ar
Zorgati, I. (2021). Translating humorous lexical creations in children’s literature: The case of Roald Dahl’s Gobblefunk. Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 17, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.4000/lexis.5589