Shaka Zulu is well known to television audiences in the Western world for the screen adaptation of a book written by an Austrian-American author, Joshua Sinclair. However, the iconic figure of Chaka, king of the Zulus, has been previously described by the South African writer Thomas Mofolo in his epic novel Chaka, written in the Sesotho language. Through a comparative analysis of the English, French and Italian translations, the pre- sent contribution highlights different translational strategies and consequent distortions and manipulations, with a particular focus on the translation of landscape and sacred space.
Shaka Zulu è ben noto al pubblico televisivo del mondo occidentale per l’adattamento ci- nematografico di un libro scritto da un autore austro-americano, Joshua Sinclair. Tuttavia, l’iconica figura di Chaka, re degli Zulu, è stata precedentemente descritta dallo scrittore sudafricano Thomas Mofolo nel suo epico romanzo Chaka, scritto in lingua Sesotho. At- traverso un’analisi comparativa delle traduzioni inglese, francese e italiana, il presente contributo mette in luce le diverse strategie traduttive e le conseguenti distorsioni e ma- nipolazioni, con particolare attenzione alla traduzione del paesaggio e dello spazio sacro.
Chaka Zulu and the translation of landscape and sacred space
Tomei, Renato
2020-01-01
Abstract
Shaka Zulu is well known to television audiences in the Western world for the screen adaptation of a book written by an Austrian-American author, Joshua Sinclair. However, the iconic figure of Chaka, king of the Zulus, has been previously described by the South African writer Thomas Mofolo in his epic novel Chaka, written in the Sesotho language. Through a comparative analysis of the English, French and Italian translations, the pre- sent contribution highlights different translational strategies and consequent distortions and manipulations, with a particular focus on the translation of landscape and sacred space.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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