Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Slavic 468S, 2001-2002. Aspects of Literary Translation of Ukrainian

Reading List

The readings on theoretical issues in translation studies are from the anthology The Translation Studies Reader, eds. Mona Baker & Lawrence Venuti, Routledge, London, 2000. P 306 T7436 2000 c.1 ROBA which is on Short Term Reserve at Robarts.

Tools for translators:

We shall develop this list as we progress in the course.

• Dictionaries

  Every good dictionary is potentially a useful tool for a translator.

  • Ukrainian-English Dictionaries
    • Ukrainian-English Dictionary. Constantine Andrusyshen & J. Krett. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1957.
  • Ukrainian dictionaries
    • Великий тлумачний словник сучасної української мови. В. Бусел. Київ: Ірпінь, 2001.
    • Словник української мови. І. Білодід, et al. 11 томів. Київ: Наукова думка, 1970 - 1980.
    • Словарь української мови. Борис Грінченко. rpt. Київ: Академія наук, 1958.
• Guidebooks

  There are not many publications in the specific area of Ukrainian to Englsih translation. Here are a few:

  • Зорівчак, Роксоляна. Реалія і переклад: На матеріалі англомовних перекладів української прози. Львів: Львівський державний університет, 1989. PN 241 Z673 1989 c.1 ROBA

  • Зорівчак, Роксоляна. Фразеологічна одиниця як перекладознавча категорія. На матеріалі перекладів творів української літератури англійс`кою мовою. Львів: Львівський державний університет, 1983. PN 241 Z67 1983 ROBA

• Bibliographies of translations

  There are two bibliographies of Ukrainian literary translations. The first, by Marta Tarnawsky, entitled Ukrainian Literature in English is published as three research reports by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press. It is also available on the internet, just follow the links below. Remeber, you must check in all three bibliographies (pre-65 books, pre-65 articles, 1980-90) separately. They are not cross-indexed. These bibliographies do not yet cover the period 1965-1980.

  • Marta Tarnawsky. Ukrainian Literature in English: Books and Pamphlets, 1840-1965
  • Marta Tarnawsky. Ukrainian Literature in English: Articles in Journals and Collections, 1840-1965
  • Marta Tarnawsky. Ukrainian Literature in English: 1980-1989

  The other bibliography of Ukrainian literary translations is Oksana Piaseckyj, Bibliography of Ukrainain Literature in English and French: Translations and Critical Works (1950 - 1986). Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1989. ISBN 0-7766-0264-0. This is not an internet document, the link takes you to the publisher's web page where the book is described.

 

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