On the correlation between the correct translation of free indirect speech and the adequacy of the target literary text
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-5075-2024-5-6-17
Abstract
Aim. To establish the correlation between the correct translation of free indirect speech and the adequacy of the target literary text.
Methodology. The main methods include the comparative analysis of the source text and the target text, and the quantitative analysis of free indirect speech patterns. Data for this study have been collected from Russian, British and American 20th-century novels, and their translations into English and Russian respectively.
Results. The findings suggest that there is a correlation between the correct translation of free indirect speech and the adequacy of the target literary text. The study shows that using incorrect free indirect speech patterns in translation or no free indirect speech at all where it should be makes the target text either less expressive or less ambiguous due to the lack of textual interference, which can lead to both stylistic standardization and misinterpretation of the target text.
Research implications. The results can be applied both by fiction translators and students learning to detect free indirect speech in literary texts and translate it correctly.
About the Author
A. D. Alimova
Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anastasia D. Alimova – Сand. Sci. (Philology), Assoc. Prof., Department of Translation Studies and English Translation, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting
ulitsa Ostozhenka 38 build. 1, Moscow 119034
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