ABSTRACT
This study aims at delineating an individual stylistic profile of four translators, and their translations, of Heart of Darkness into Spanish language, by describing patterns of recurring shifts in translation and lexical item patterns formed by the search nodes alg* and parec*. These items are used to construct the uncertainty meaning in the translations. This study analyzes the optional formal shifts, in a micro level textual structure, based on the theoretical-methodological perspective proposed by Pekkanen (2010)PEKKANEN, H. (2010). The Duet between the Author and the Translator: An Analysis of Style through Shifts in Literary Translation. Tese (Doutorado). Finlândia: Universidade de Helsinki.. This study also considers the Translational Stylistics methodology (MALMKJAER, 2003MALMKJAER, K. (2003). What happened to God and the angels: an exercise in translational stylistics. Target, Amsterdam, v. 15, p. 37-58., 2004MALMKJAER, K. (2004). Translational stylistics: Dulcken‘s translations of Hans Christian Andersen. Language and Literature. London: SAGE publications. v. 13 (1), 2004. p. 13-24.) and the concept of style is considered as textual and personal attribute (SALDANHA, 2011SALDANHA, G. (2011). Translator Style: methodological considerations, Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing, The Translator. Volume 17, Número 1, p. 25-50.). The findings showed that the translators presented different lexical choices among them, and related to the source text, to the translation of some*/any* and seem*. The translators presented preference patterns related to the use of certain shifts as strategies.
Keywords:
Translator style; Shifts in translation; Translation strategies