Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Pasternak's Approach to Translating Shakespeare's Humor
Department
Modern Languages & Literatures
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2011-2012
Abstract
This paper examines Pasternak's handling of Shakespeare's humor. His leaning towards colloquial, idiomatic style has helped him to not only liven up the characters diction but also translate their jokes, though not without structural losses. Thus, Pasternak has frequently translated homophonic puns of the originals with set phrases, playing on the difference between the meaning of the phrase itself and of its components. Even though Pasternak has omitted many puns, he has also occasionally sharpened Shakespeare s humor or even added it to the places where it is absent in the originals.
Conference Name
AATSEEL 2012 Annual Conference
Conference Location
Seattle
ScholarWorks Citation
Pavlov, Svetoslav, "Pasternak's Approach to Translating Shakespeare's Humor" (2011). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 333.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/333
