When it comes to speculative fiction, especially science fiction, linguistic creativity plays a fundamental role not only in the construction of alternative worlds but also in their translation. Not only does translating science fiction entail shifting from one language system to the other, but also transferring science fiction tropes and conveying concepts of science fiction theory. Such processes may be affected by domesticating and foreignising tendencies à la Venuti and result in instances of accommodation and creativity that permeate the translated text. Even though the tension between these two poles is what informs every translation practice, in the case of science fiction and its defining linguistic experimentations accommodation must be creatively performed in order to allow the (trans)mutation of the text into its refracted new linguistic self.
Accommodation or Creativity? The Recent Debate on Translating Science Fiction
Casagranda, Mirko
2025-01-01
Abstract
When it comes to speculative fiction, especially science fiction, linguistic creativity plays a fundamental role not only in the construction of alternative worlds but also in their translation. Not only does translating science fiction entail shifting from one language system to the other, but also transferring science fiction tropes and conveying concepts of science fiction theory. Such processes may be affected by domesticating and foreignising tendencies à la Venuti and result in instances of accommodation and creativity that permeate the translated text. Even though the tension between these two poles is what informs every translation practice, in the case of science fiction and its defining linguistic experimentations accommodation must be creatively performed in order to allow the (trans)mutation of the text into its refracted new linguistic self.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
