Verse form components as images in translation

Valeriy  Kykot

doi:10.59400/lf2676

Valeriy Kykot Bohdan Khmelnytsky National University of Cherkasy, Cherkasy 18031, Ukraine

Article ID: 2676

Keywords: poem form components; synsemantic image; poem macro-image structure; equilinearity; sound; rhyme; rhythm; poetic translation

Abstract

The major concern of this paper is an adequate reproduction of poetry form components in translation. It reveals some theoretical and practical aspects of a verse form as a system of images creating the synsemantic image level of a poem in view of its pre-translational analysis and translation; the synsemantic image concept is verified here; a poem is considered as macro-image structure containing systems of autosemantic, synsemantic and subsemantic images which adequate foreign language rendering reflects the unity of the content and form of the original poem; the synsemantic image level of a poem is qualified as its macro-image structure component that is a subject to reproduction in translation; creation mechanisms of synsemantic imagery and its conveying in the process of translation are shown; some indicator concepts of a full-fledged translation are offered to be included to translation studies terminology, such as synsemantic images, precise and relative-proportional equilinearity, etc. Graphic, intonation, rhythmic, euphonic and compositional means of poetic speech organization are qualified to be the basis of synsemantic images that can acquire appropriate meanings in poetic discourse and enter the system of translation-dominant images of the poem. The study provides an analysis of identifying and translating methods of synsemantic images, counting rhythm, intonation, rhyme, meter, syntax, strophe, sound effects, graphic and grammatical image creation means. The main accent is on the fact that for an adequate translation, it is most important to specify during the pre-translation analysis the expressive and semantic functions the synsemantic images perform, as well as their adherence to the image dominants of a poem to reproduce it, taking into account the poem image hierarchy.

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