by
Federica Mazzara
and
Dimitra Philippopoulou
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION __________________________________________________________________ 3
BRIAN FRIEL AND TRANSLATIONS __________________________________________________ 4
TRANSLATIONS THEMES __________________________________________________________ 6
THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSLATING TRANSLATIONS __________________________________ 9
ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF AN EXTRACT FROM BRIAN FRIELS TRANSLATIONS___________ 12
GREEK TRANSLATION OF AN EXTRACT FROM BRIAN FRIELS TRANSLATIONS ___________ 18
BIBLIOGRAPHY __________________________________________________________________ 24
INTRODUCTION
«Translations is a modern classic» (Daily Telegraph).
«[...] The most deeply k nonty with Ireland but also the most universal: haunting and
hard, musical and erudite, bitter and forgiving, both praise and lament»1 (Sunday
Times).
In our essay we introduce Brian Friels Translations starting from some historical data
and we move on to an analysis of the major motives presented in the play.
Because interpreting holds a special place among them, we pay specific anxiety to
the concept of translation, as Friel sees it: as metaphor of Irishness.
Later on, we hold out our strategy in translating an extract of this work, explaining in as
much enlarge as possible why we adopt the basic rationale of Skopos theory.
Firstly, we present the unusual nature of the play, which plays with Irish and English
on stage.
Secondly, we imbibe our purpose, which is to maintain the original setting, in the
sense that we do not acculturate it. We feel that it is important to keep English as
the theme of the play, changing of course the medium, since we translate it using the
Italian and the Greek language.
Finally, we incorporate our individual translations with some commentary.
1
Friel, B. 1981. Translations (London: Faber&Faber). (Back cover)....If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay
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