Explicitation as a Translation Universal: Some Controversial Issues

Yalsharzeh, Reza; Gholzar, Morteza

doi:10.22049/jalda.2022.28148.1498

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

Reza Yalsharzeh ¹
Morteza Gholzar ²

¹ Assitant Professor of Transaltion Studies, Departent of English, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran. http://doi.org/0000000225951668

² Lecturer, Department of English, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22049/jalda.2022.28148.1498

Abstract

The historical trajectory of the field of translation studies has demonstrated the rapid expansion of this field in research methodology as well as in incorporating ideas from other disciplines in order to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomena of translation. Early studies in the field have limited themselves to comparing translated texts with their source texts. Even Zohar's (1979) poly-system theory as well as Toury’s (1995) idea of the centrality of the translated texts opened new horizons in the field, one of which is to find specific features of translated texts or ‘universals of translation’ as Baker (1992) puts it. Recent developments in linguistics as well as the introduction of corpus linguistics have helped translation scholars to study translated texts independent from their source texts in order to find unique features of translation language. This study intends to review the idea of explicitation as a translation universal and propose some controversial issues regarding its nature and definition.

Keywords

20.1001.1.28208986.2022.10.2.14.9

Article Title [Persian]

شفاف سازی به عنوان جهانی ترجمه: برخی از مسایل مورد اختلاف

Authors [Persian]

دکتر رضا یل شرزه ¹
مرتضی گلزار ²

¹ استادیار مطالعات ترجمه، گروه زبان انگلیسی، دانشکدۀ ادبیات و علوم انسانی، دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان، تبریز، ایران

² عضو هیأت علمی گروه زبان و ادبیات انگلیسی، دانشگاه شهید مدنی آذربایجان، تبریز ایران

Abstract [Persian]

سیر تاریخی مطالعات ترجمه موید گسترش سریع این حوزه در روش شناسی تحقیق و نیز در استفاده از نظریات سایر رشته ها به منظور درک عمیق تر پدیده ی ترجمه است. مطالعات اولیه در این زمینه خود را به مقایسه متون ترجمه شده با متون زبان اصلی محدود کرده اند. حتی نظریه سیستم های چندگانه زوهر (1975) و همچنین ایده توری (1995) در مورد مرکزیت متون ترجمه شده، افق های جدیدی را در این زمینه گشود که یکی از آنها یافتن ویژگی های خاص متون ترجمه شده یا «جهانی های ترجمه» بود. پیشرفت‌های اخیر در زبان‌شناسی و معرفی زبان‌شناسی پیکره‌ای به پژوهشگران ترجمه کمک کرده است تا متون ترجمه‌شده را مستقل از متون منبع خود مطالعه کنند تا ویژگی‌های منحصر به فرد زبان ترجمه را بیابند. این پژوهش بر آن است تا ایده شفاف سازی را به عنوان یکی از مباحث تئوریک ترجمه مرور کند و موضوعات بحث برانگیزی را در مورد تلقی آن به عنوان یک جهانی ترجمه مطرح سازد.

Keywords [Persian]

شفاف سازی
جهانی های ترجمه
متون ترجمه شده
زبان ترجمه

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Explicitation as a Translation Universal: Some Controversial Issues

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
October 2022
Pages 277-287

Explicitation as a Translation Universal: Some Controversial Issues

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Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20October 2022Pages 277-287

Volume 10, Issue 2 - Serial Number 20
October 2022
Pages 277-287