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I know Sep 5, 2014

I know she has her critics. Brodsky's problem seems to have been that he didn't think a woman could translate prose written by a man. It doesn't bother me, but it brings us back rather neatly to the "feminist translation" topic. Any translator will inevitably introduce their own "voice" into their translations; this applies to all languages. I like Garnett's "voice" and, as I say, it was recommended by a (very distinguished) writer of short stories.

[Edited at 2014-09-05 16:07 GMT]
 
Maxi Schwarz
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for the example - translation quality is the issue Sep 5, 2014

In the article, the example deals with the rights of a rape victim who has become pregnant through the rape to have an abortion. It states that if the victim is mentally incapacitated or a minor, that a legal guardian would make that decision for her. It is true that in the equality of the sexes, men can also be victims of violence. However, only women can become pregnant from rape, so this is gender-specific due to biology. It would be silly to propose a gender-neutral pronoun and adjectiv... See more
In the article, the example deals with the rights of a rape victim who has become pregnant through the rape to have an abortion. It states that if the victim is mentally incapacitated or a minor, that a legal guardian would make that decision for her. It is true that in the equality of the sexes, men can also be victims of violence. However, only women can become pregnant from rape, so this is gender-specific due to biology. It would be silly to propose a gender-neutral pronoun and adjective when discussing pregnancy and abortion.

The real problem with the sample translation is that it appears to have been done by a non-native or person whose competence is in the opposite direction in these language pairs. It reads awkward throughout, with literal translation, and copycat syntax.

I think our choices go in the area of "he or she" instead of "he", using "Ms." instead of "Miss" and "Mrs.", "fire fighter" instead of "fireman", "chairperson" instead of "chairman". None of these things compromise the transfer of meaning, and in fact they are probably more accurate. ▲ Collapse
 
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