PRAGMATIC AND STYLISTIC EQUIVALENCE IN RENDERING HISTORICAL CHARACTER VOICE
Keywords:
pragmatic equivalence, stylistic equivalence, character voice, speech act, historical fiction, irony, metaphor, compensation.Abstract
This thesis explores pragmatic and stylistic equivalence in the English rendering of historical character voice. Examples from Navoiy and Starry Nights show how literal, grammatical or denotatively accurate translation may still alter irony, authority, fear, moral judgement and popular resistance. The study argues that translators should evaluate an utterance as a speech act embedded in a social relationship and compensate for losses of implicature, register and figurative force.
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