Jean-Paul Sartre's theatre after communism: Perpetuating the past through non-retranslation?

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2019v39n1p45

Résumé

This paper deals with the phenomenon of non-retranslation in post-Soviet Russia, and the related practice of reprinting manipulated Soviet translations today. We will illustrate this phenomenon with Jean-Paul Sartre’s theatre translation in Russia. The stakes and mechanisms behind the reprinting of Sartre’s Soviet translations in the post-Soviet era will be explored through the frameworks of retranslation theory. We will also reflect on the possible impact of reprinting Sartre’s Soviet theatre translations today. Considering reprinting as an instance of non-retranslation, this paper will draw more attention to the practice of reprinting and how it relates to retranslation. The reasons for non-retranslation will, in part, be ascribed to the presence of a double normativity in Russia; characterized on the one hand by a dominant economic norm driving the field of literature after 1991, and on the other by a continued ideological (communist) norm. This uncovers how, a quarter of a century after its abolition, communist censorship continues to shape the reading of contemporary Russian readers, and thus puts to question the general assumption that communist censorship disappeared along with the USSR. 

Biographie de l'auteur

Charlotte Bollaert, Universiteit Ghent, Ghent

Charlotte Bollaert is a teaching and research assistant in the Russian section of the department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, Ghent University, Belgium). She obtained a Master of Arts in Translation (English
and Russian) in 2014 (Ghent University) and also holds a master’s degree in Eastern European Languages and Cultures (Russian and Polish) from Ghent University (2015). Since October 2015, she has
been working on a PhD on Jean-Paul Sartre’s Russian reception.

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2019-01-10

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Bollaert, C. (2019). Jean-Paul Sartre’s theatre after communism: Perpetuating the past through non-retranslation?. Cadernos De Tradução, 39(1), 45–72. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2019v39n1p45

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Vol. 39 No 1 (2019): Retranslation in Context

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Edição Retranslation in context

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