Hoop in 'n tyd van wanhoop : 'n akrostiese vertaling van Klaagliedere
In this paper the possibility of preserving some aspects of the uniqueness of Biblical Hebrew acrostic literature in a translation is discussed and demonstrated. After focusing on the communication value of the structure in which literature is presented, the value of semantic domains in making a tra...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2009
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Journal for semitics
Year: 2009, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 363-388 |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | In this paper the possibility of preserving some aspects of the uniqueness of Biblical Hebrew acrostic literature in a translation is discussed and demonstrated. After focusing on the communication value of the structure in which literature is presented, the value of semantic domains in making a translation is shortly highlighted. Then a few key terms are discussed and finally the author's effort to translate Lamentations as an alphabetical acrostic unit is presented. The message and form of a poem form a cognitive unit. In making an acrostic translation the translator has to overcome not only the difficulty of finding a word belonging to the right semantic domain, but finding a translation equivalent that starts with the right letter of the alphabet. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for semitics
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC101127 |
