Breathing life into Classics: the Utopic Task of Translating Aristophanes
In this paper we aim to reflect on general issues in the translation of ancient classical texts, particularly Greek theater -given their nature as scripts intended for the stage-. At the same time, based on our experience as translators of Aristophanes, as well as on the testimonies of other transla...
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Universidad Nacional del Litoral
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/HilodelaFabula/article/view/12219 |
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| Sumario: | In this paper we aim to reflect on general issues in the translation of ancient classical texts, particularly Greek theater -given their nature as scripts intended for the stage-. At the same time, based on our experience as translators of Aristophanes, as well as on the testimonies of other translators of the same author, we will point out a series of difficulties -not exhaustive-, when transposing the Aristophanic language into Spanish, including, puns, speaking names, obscene lexicon, colloquialisms, mentions to the events and characters of his time. |
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