Bringing Moldovan Novels to Quebec—Possibility or Utopia?

Abstract

Sherry Simon, an associate professor at Concordia University, compiled a book of essays written by translators  about translation and translatability. My considering bringing Ion Druţă’s works to Quebec has coincided with the time Sherry’s book was a must-read for a paper. I answered some of my questions through those translators’opinions about literary translation, and their “methodology” of approaching Druţă’s works will hopefully help anyone courageous enough to translate Druţă into French or English in Canada.

Cuvinte-cheie: roman, traducere, traductibilitate, traducerea literară, perspectivă

REZUMAT

Sherry Simon, conferențiar la Universitatea Concordia, a întocmit o culegere de eseuri scrise de traducători despre traducere şi traductibilitatea textelor. Intenţia mea de a-l face cunoscut pe Ion Druţă în Québec, prin traduceri, a coincis în timp cu apariţia acestei lucrări. În continuare, vă propun unele meditaţii personale atât asupra lucrării în cauză, cât şi asupra «metodologiei» de traducere a lui Druţă în franceză sau engleză.

LANGUAGES OF PUBLICATION

English (main text) and French (corpus)

UDC: 821.135.1-3”19”(092)

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Received: September 10, 2009 | Reviewed: September 21, 2009 | Accepted for publication: October 5, 2009

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