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The Need for Retranslating Literature

Ana-Maria Mocanu, Viorela-Valentina Dima

DOI https://doi.org/10.24818/DLG/2023/40/16

Pages 237–251

Licence © 2023 the authors · CC BY 4.0

Abstract

The current paper addresses the issue of the necessity for producing retranslations of a literary source text into the same target language. Firstly, it briefly reviews a selection of scholarly publications with a view to clarifying the meanings of the term 'retranslation' and to identify factors that underlie this necessity and the strategies translators resort to during the process. Secondly, the paper proceeds with a qualitative analysis of two Romanian versions produced by the same translator (Petru Comarnescu) of Daniel Defoe's novel entitled "Robinson Crusoe".

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translation · retranslation · Daniel Defoe · Robinson Crusoe · faithful/free translation · critical/proselytizing translation types
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Mocanu, A.-M., & Dima, V.-V. (2023). The Need for Retranslating Literature. Dialogos, 40, 237–251. https://doi.org/10.24818/DLG/2023/40/16

Mocanu, Ana-Maria, and Viorela-Valentina Dima. “The Need for Retranslating Literature.” Dialogos, vol. 40, 2023, pp. 237–51, https://doi.org/10.24818/DLG/2023/40/16.

Mocanu, Ana-Maria, and Viorela-Valentina Dima. 2023. “The Need for Retranslating Literature.” Dialogos 40: 237–51. https://doi.org/10.24818/DLG/2023/40/16.

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