ترجمة شعرية لأشهر القصائد الإنجليزية: دراسة تحليلية للشعر وترجمته
Publisher: University of Sharjah
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sharjah, UAE
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 126
Description: This book provides an in-depth look into the process of translating classical English poetry into Arabic. It brings into focus the main characteristics of the language of poetry as being some of the essential tools whereby poets and poet-translators can effectively express feelings and ideas and paint pictures. Several existing methods of translating poetry are briefly discussed and evaluated in terms of their viability and literary effectiveness. Next, a selection of popular English poems written by some of the most celebrated poets, including William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelly, Emily Dickinson, Alfred Tennyson, Robert Frost and others, are critically analyzed, explained and translated into Arabic. The translations of these poems are also explained, evaluated and compared with the original poems in terms of their content, formal features, fidelity, imagery and creativity. The selected poems are translated into rhyming and metrical Arabic poetry. Findings of this study shed new light on a number of facts relating to poetic translation as an act of re-creation, the linguistic and literary resources available to the literary translator and the translatability of poetic texts from one language to another. The author, a poet himself, believes that translating poetry into rhyming and metrical poetry, though quite challenging, is a highly rewarding experience; it gives the translator a real sense of self-satisfaction, creative accomplishment and pride.