Translation and retranslation of the novel Life of Pi: a translational stylistic exploratory study based on English/Portuguese bilingual parallel corpus
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https://doi.org/10.21165/el.v48i3.2309Keywords:
Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian Literature, translational stylisticsAbstract
This paper reports on an initial and partial translational stylistic exploratory study based on English/Portuguese bilingual parallel corpus whose aim is to compare paradigmatic and syntagmatic choices of two translations of the same source text in engendering the styles of the translated texts. The translation and the retranslation of the first chapter of Yann Martel’s novel Life of Pi are examined in terms of tokens, types and hapax legomena; type/token ratio; number of sentences; average sentence length, number of paragraphs; and lexical and syntactic choices. The study highlights variations in the style of the translation and of the retranslation and suggests further avenues of research.
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