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Article published In: Translation and Interpreting Studies
Vol. 16:1 (2021) ► pp.156–183

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Translation studies in translation

On autotranslation

(Based on material relating to Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovianenko’s authorial translations)

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 | University of Ottawa
Published online: 31 May 2021
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction: Autotranslation and translation theory
  • 2.Reasons for Kvitka’s autotranslations
  • 3.A background to Kvitka’s translation activities
  • 4.Lexicon
  • 5.Reproducing local color
  • 6.Idiomaticity
  • 7.Syntactic phenomena
  • 8.Melioration in translation
  • 9.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Works cited
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