Som, matéria e memória: questões de tradução em Petersburgo (1916) de Andrei Biéli
This article discusses the Portuguese translation of Andrei Bely’s Petersburg (1916), undertaken by the author for Brazil’s Editora 34 (forthcoming). Amidst the various challenges posed by the novel for aspiring translators, the article focuses on 1) Bely’s musical writing, reminiscent of motivic de...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repository: | RUS (São Paulo) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/173262 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rus/article/view/173262 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Andrei Biéli Petersburgo Simbolismo tradução Andrei Bely Petersburg Symbolism translation |
| Summary: | This article discusses the Portuguese translation of Andrei Bely’s Petersburg (1916), undertaken by the author for Brazil’s Editora 34 (forthcoming). Amidst the various challenges posed by the novel for aspiring translators, the article focuses on 1) Bely’s musical writing, reminiscent of motivic development in operatic or orchestral pieces; 2) the author’s creative use of the morphological possibilities of the Russian language; 3) use of deictic markers in narratological focalization; 4) puns; and 5) passages governed by phonetic concerns. The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various possible solutions. |
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