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Roosje Dejonghe Ghent University College (Belgium), Faculty of Applied Language Studies

Camus’ ‘style épuré’ in L’Etranger translated: the translation of style in a multilingual corpus a textual and contextual analysis. Roosje Dejonghe Ghent University College (Belgium), Faculty of Applied Language Studies

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Roosje Dejonghe Ghent University College (Belgium), Faculty of Applied Language Studies

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  1. Camus’ ‘style épuré’ in L’Etranger translated: the translation of style in a multilingual corpusa textual and contextual analysis Roosje Dejonghe Ghent University College (Belgium), Faculty of Applied Language Studies Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ilse Logie (Ghent University) en Dr. Désirée Schyns (G.U.C.) • Research questions: • What happens in (re)translation to the ‘minimalistic’, non-explicative style of the source text? • How can the stylistic differences between the target texts and compared to the source text be explained? • Hypotheses: • the style of the source text is normalized in both the Dutch (1949) and first English (1946) translation: this results in a less strange novel and principal character; • in the latest English translation (1988), the style of the original is more apparent; • a complex plurality of factors accounts for the stylistic differences • Corpus: L’Etranger (re)translated in 4 languages • NL (1): De Vreemdeling • EN (4): The Stranger (UK) / The Outsider (US) • ES (2): El Extranjero • PT (2): O Estrangeiro • Theoretical framework • Style in translation • Literary analyses of the source text • Hermeneutics • Retranslation Translation of style in (re)translations of L’Etranger (1942) Textual analysis • Starting point and basis • of the research: • Stylistic analysis of the source text • Defining key stylistic features • Selection of relevant linguistic features • Tracing the poetics of strangeness • (interrelation of form and content) • Explaining the stylistic differences: • revisions of the source text (1942 – 1953): increased concision • translators’ profiles and poetics • changing ideas about translation and translation norms • academic literary criticism: evolution in the interpretation of the principal character’s ‘indifference’ • paratexts • Methodology based on: • literature on style in translation • stylistic analyses of L’Etranger Contextual analysis • Stylistic features • to be examined in the translations • Selection of fragments in the target texts • Comparative (synchronic and • diachronic) analyses • Case 1: the sole Dutch translation • (De Vreemdeling, 1949, De BezigeBij) • Results of the textual and contextual analysis: • Style of the original text is normalized in translation: a less strange narrator? • Morriën’s translation poetics: source vs. target text oriented • Translator’s profile: esteemed editor at DBB, prestigious prize winner • Paratext: ‘the indifferent principal character...’ • Criticism on the translation: almost unexistant

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