The purification of violence and the translation of fairy tales: a corpus-based study

Soares, Cybelle Safa

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2018v71n3p161

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Artigos • Ilha Desterro 71 (3) • Sep-Dec 2018 • https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2018v71n3p161 copy

The purification of violence and the translation of fairy tales: a corpus-based study

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Abstract:

This study aims to investigate the translation of violence, to propose and to analyse the translation strategies of English Fairytales (EFT) to the Portuguese language. The theoretical framework of this study is based on the interface of Corpus-based Translation Studies (CTS) and Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS). Klingberg's (1986) purification concept adapted as translation strategies proposed by Chesterman (1997). For the alignment and corpus analysis, COPA-TRAD - Parallel Corpus for translation research (Fernandes, L. & Silva, 2014) is used. The analysis revealed that the target text had been translated under moral and religious motivational factors of the source culture because the literature translated in Brazil still had to comply with the Portuguese requirements for translating for children (Coelho, 1987).

Keywords:
Translation of Children’s Literature; Fairy tales; Purification; Corpus-based Translation Studies

The Rose-tree
Well! She laid down her little golden head without fear; and whist! Down came the axe, and it was off. So the mother wiped the axe and laughed.
Then she took the heart and liver of the little girl, and she stewed them and brought them into the house for supper.
My wicked mother slew me, My dear father ate me […]

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Little Dick would have lived very happily in this good family if it had not been for the ill-natured cook. She used to say: "You are under me, so look sharp; clean the spit and the dripping-pan, make the fires, wind up the jack, and do all the scullery work nimbly, or--" and she would shake the ladle at him. Besides, she was so fond of basting, that when she had no meat to baste, she would baste poor Dick's head and shoulders with a broom, or anything else that happened to fall in her way.	Mas não corria tudo à inteira satisfação de Dick. Os criados fizeram dêle o alvo dos seus chistes, ao passo que a mal encarada e violenta cozinheira andava às voltas com êle, encarregando-o de inúmeros serviços, ameaçando romper-lhe a crista com uma pancada se não fizesse depressa o que ela mandasse.

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	Receberam-no com as melhores demonstrações de alegria. Em sua honra, e para celebrar o êxito das suas façanhas, deram uma grande festa, para a qual foram convidados nobres e plebeus. Fizeram-lhe presente de lindo anel, em que estava primorosamente gravado o gigante arrastando um cavalheiro e uma dama [...]

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When she entered the place of the Old One, she gave the handkerchief to old Lucifer	Quando a dama se juntou por fim ao feiticeiro, entregou-lhe o lenço

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Cannibalism
Eat	Have	Chew	Swallow	Devour

Jack, the giant killer
"You must show me that handkerchief to-morrow morning, or else you will lose your head."	- Estimado senhor, tereis de vos sujeitar aos costumes do meu palácio. Amanhã de manhã me direis a quem entreguei êste lenço; se não adivinhardes, perdereis a cabeça.

The ass, the table, and the stick
[…] pull Neddy's ears to make him begin at once to ee--aw! And when he brayed there dropped from his mouth silver sixpences, and half-crowns, and golden guineas.	dando-lhe um jumento que, para por pela boca moedas de ouro e prata, bastava que lhe puxassem a orelha.

The well of the world’s end
"Girls must keep their promises," said the stepmother. "Go and open the door this instant." For she was glad the girl would have to obey a nasty frog.	- As môças devem cumprir o que prometem - disse a madrasta -. Abre a porta já. Estava satisfeita que sua enteada tivesse que obedecer a uma simples rã.