Sounding the Essence of Sense and Sound: On Translating Playful and Poetic Prose

Tiffane Levick (1)

1 PRISMES - PRISMES - Langues, Textes, Arts et Cultures du Monde Anglophone - EA 4398

This paper aims to explore the obstacles presented in the translation into English of the numerous examples of wordplay nestled within the poetically colloquial prose of Patrick Goujon’s 2003 novel Moi non. Goujon’s resourceful manipulation of language throughout the novel requires the translator to identify solutions which respect simultaneously the playfulness in style and the nuances in meaning of the words on the page.

Mots clés: creative translation; recreation; rhythm; Rhyme; Poetry; Rap

Domaines: Littératures; Linguistique

Tiffane Levick. Sounding the Essence of Sense and Sound: On Translating Playful and Poetic Prose. Colloque international "Du jeu dans la langue. Traduire les jeux de mots", Frédérique Brisset (Université de Lille), Julie Loison-Charles (Université de Lille), Ronald Jenn (Université de Lille), Audrey Coussy (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle). Université de Lille, Laboratoire CECILLE, Axe Lexique et Traduction. Avec la collaboration du Master MéLexTra et du laboratoire ALITHILA. Mar 2017, Lille, France. ⟨halshs-01496433⟩