Deconstruction and Translation

For translation of certain texts with deconstructive textual elements, the translation goes for Loss and Gain and ends in ambiguity which is again a deconstructive element. This five-chapter book tries to investigate deconstructive textual elements of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young man (Joyce, 2005), and Ulysses (Joyce, 1992) as compared to their Persian translations in order to identify deconstructive textual elements at word and sentence levels. The results indicated that the translators have applied the loss strategy 66 times (equal to 64.70%) and the gain strategy 35 times (equal to 35.26%). Therefore, the frequency of the loss strategy is remarkably more than the gain strategy. Analyzing these deconstructive texts based on loss and gain strategy showed that loss is more influential for creating the ST style. Accordingly, it can be concluded that the loss strategy in specific and the gain strategy in second place can be considered as a direct tool for providing deconstructive texts or analyzing these text types. The findings of this research can have some implications for translation theories, translation assessment, and training.

Mojgan Heydarali holds an M.A. in Translation Studies at Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch. She is interested in translation, Linguistics, Literature, and writing.