INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REFERENCE IN THE ROMANIAN TRANSLATIONS OF SOME OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S TITLES

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https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2019.4.10

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allusion, detective novel, external reference, literary title, internal reference, intertextuality, title function, title reference, title translation.

Abstract

Internal and External Reference in the Romanian Translations of Some of Agatha Christie’s Titles. The paper investigates the translation into Romanian of several of Agatha Christie’s detective novel titles which contain fascinating examples of literary as well as non-literary – cultural or historical – allusions. In doing this, it looks, comparatively, into both the source and the target language, at the relation between the titles and the content of the novels, by resorting to two complementary taxonomies: that of title reference and that of title functions. The final aim of the analysis is to make use of this comparison in order to outline a classification of the translated titles based on their rapport with the titles they stem from.

REZUMAT. Referință internă și externă în traducerile în limba română ale unor titluri ale romanelor Agathei Christie. Articolul cuprinde analiza traducerilor în limba română ale titlurilor unor romane polițiste ale Agathei Christie, constituind exemple fascinante de aluzii atât literare, cât și non-literare – culturale și istorice. Analiza ia în considerare, comparativ, legătura dintre titlurile originale și, respectiv, cele traduse și conținutul romanelor, recurgând la două clasificări complementare: cea a tipurilor de referință prezentată de titluri și cea a funcțiilor acestora. Scopul final al investigației este acela de a folosi această comparație pentru a furniza o clasificare a titlurilor traduse, pe baza raportului lor cu titlurile originale.

Cuvinte cheie: aluzie, roman polițist, referință externă, titlu de operă literară, referință internă, intertextualitate, funcția titlului, referința titlului, traducerea titlului.

Author Biographies

Loredana PUNGĂ, Faculty of Letters, History and Theology, West University of Timișoara, Romania. E-mail: loredana.punga@e-uvt.ro

Loredana PUNGĂ, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Letters, History and Theology, West University of Timișoara, Romania. Her expertise is in the fields of translation studies, cogntive and applied linguistics. E-mail: loredana.punga@e-uvt.ro

Dana PERCEC, Faculty of Letters, History and Theology, West University of Timișoara, Romania. E-mail: dana.percec@e-uvt.ro

Dana PERCEC, PhD, is Professor of British literature at the Faculty of Letters, History and Theology, West University of Timișoara, Romania. E-mail: dana.percec@e-uvt.ro

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TITLES ANALYSED

CHRISTIE, A. The Seven Dials Mystery, William Collins and Sons, Glasgow and London, 1929.

CHRISTIE, A. The Seven Dials Mystery, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1929.

CHRISTIE, A. Misterul celor șapte cadrane. Translated by Doina Topor, Lidia Grădinaru, Simina Sprințeroiu, Excelsior Multi Press, București, 1996.

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CHRISTIE, A. Taken at the Flood, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1948.

CHRISTIE, A. Duși de val. Translated by Simina Sprințeroiu, Lidia Grădinaru, Excelsior Multi Press, București, 1999.

CHRISTIE, A. Ordeal by Innocence. Collins Crime Club, London, 1958.

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CHRISTIE, A. Vinovat fără vină. Translated by Lingua Connexion, Litera, București, 2013.

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STUDIA UBB PHILOLOGIA, Volume 64 (LXIV), No. 4, December 2019

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PUNGĂ, L., & PERCEC, D. (2019). INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL REFERENCE IN THE ROMANIAN TRANSLATIONS OF SOME OF AGATHA CHRISTIE’S TITLES. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 64(4), 169–184. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2019.4.10

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