[en] The present article discusses issues raised in the translation into English of this major long poem by one of the founders of the Negritude movement: it explores the sense of uncertainty that pervades it and comments on effect of Caribbean references, the rhythmic significance of repetitions and enumerations, departures from standard language and the difficulties related to rhyming lines and idiomatic phrases.
Research Center/Unit :
CEREP - Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Études Postcoloniales - ULiège
Disciplines :
Literature
Author, co-author :
Pagnoulle, Christine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des langues et littératures modernes > Théorie et prat. de la traduct. de textes littér. angloph.
Gyssels, Kathleen; Universiteit Antwerpen - UA > littératures francophones
Language :
English
Title :
The Négraille’s Testament: Translating Black-Label
Alternative titles :
[en] Le testatment de la 'négraille' : traduire Black-Label
Publication date :
May 2013
Main work title :
Intimate Enemies: Translation in Francophone contexts
Main work alternative title :
[en] Ennemis intimes: traduction en contextes francophones
Editor :
Batchelor, Kathrin
Bisdorff, Claire
Publisher :
Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN/EAN :
9781846318672
Pages :
124-140
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Commentary :
So far the text has not yet been made available to anglophone readers, which seems a pity.
