Investigating Translation Strategies and Translatability of Fixed Expressions in The Blind Owl by Hedayat
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Fixed expressions, Native translator, The Blind Owl, Translatability, Untranslatability,Abstract
Translation is a way of connecting two languages with different cultures. Fixed expressions are often challenging issues in the realm of translation. This article has investigated applied strategies, and translatability of fixed expressions in The Blind Owl (Boofe koor). Therefore, two well-known English translations by Costello (1957) and Bashiri (2013) were examined. The data were analyzed to find applied strategies, and to investigate the translatability and untranslatability of fixed expressions. 290 fixed expressions were collected of the corpus and its English translations. It was found that, a few of fixed expressions are untranslatable due to the linguistic and cultural differences. Moreover, author’s style in the book has impacted on the translation. In addition, by comparative study of the translators, it was found that, performance of Bashiri as a native translator is almost better than Costello as a non-native translator. Hence, familiarity of translator with language and culture of source language could be affected in the process of translation.References
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