On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi
The paper deals with the study of the English translation of The History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi and aims at revealing the inadequate cases of translation which are, as a rule described as translational “lacunas”. The investigation shows that translational “lacunas” can be observed on diffe...
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doaj-199e062cc31744328fbc2b5eed5b01462021-09-24T09:09:03ZengYerevan State UniversityArmenian Folia Anglistika1829-24292579-30392019-04-01151 (19)10.46991/AFA/2019.15.1.191On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses KhorenatsiSeda Gasparyan0Luiza Gasparyan1English Philology Department, Yerevan State UniversityInstitute of Literature, NAS RA The paper deals with the study of the English translation of The History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi and aims at revealing the inadequate cases of translation which are, as a rule described as translational “lacunas”. The investigation shows that translational “lacunas” can be observed on different levels of the target text: lexical-phrasiological, morphological, syntactic and stylistic. Some inadequate transformations may also result in the violation of toponymic elements. Some of these violations can be accounted for not by possibly objective reasons but by the translator’s intent. https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4266Movses KhorenatsiThe History of ArmeniaEnglish translationR. Thomsontranslational lacunasubjective attitude |
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On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi |
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On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi |
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On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi |
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On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi |
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On Translational “Lacunas” in the English Translation of “The History of Armenia” by Movses Khorenatsi |
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on translational “lacunas” in the english translation of “the history of armenia” by movses khorenatsi |
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Yerevan State University |
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Armenian Folia Anglistika |
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1829-2429 2579-3039 |
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The paper deals with the study of the English translation of The History of Armenia by Movses Khorenatsi and aims at revealing the inadequate cases of translation which are, as a rule described as translational “lacunas”. The investigation shows that translational “lacunas” can be observed on different levels of the target text: lexical-phrasiological, morphological, syntactic and stylistic. Some inadequate transformations may also result in the violation of toponymic elements. Some of these violations can be accounted for not by possibly objective reasons but by the translator’s intent.
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Movses Khorenatsi The History of Armenia English translation R. Thomson translational lacuna subjective attitude |
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