Résumés
Abstract
Translationese in Japanese, despite its distinct characteristics when compared to natural Japanese, has so far been systematically studied by only one researcher (Furuno, 2005). In addition to this general lack of scholarly interest, the translational situations in Japan are not well-known in the West. In this paper, the notions of translationese in Japan are investigated from the perspective of Translation Studies and of Kokugogaku (studies of Japanese language). In addition, this study provides reasons for conducting systematic studies of translationese in Japan, where Translation Studies is still in its initial stages. Finally, the results of a preliminary examination of small comparable corpora using a translation and a non-translation are presented.
Keywords:
- translationese,
- Japanese,
- corpus-based,
- descriptive translation studies,
- hon’yakuchoo
Résumé
La langue de traduction japonaise (translationese), malgré ses caractéristiques marquées qui la distinguent du japonais naturel, n’a été jusqu’ici étudiée de façon systématique que par un seul chercheur (Furuno, 2005). Outre le manque d’intérêt des universitaires pour cette langue, l’Occident ne connaît pas bien la situation traductionnelle du Japon. Dans cet article, nous nous proposons de nous pencher sur la notion de langue de traduction au Japon, en adoptant la perspective de la traductologie et de la Kokugogaku (l’étude de la langue japonaise) au Japon. Par ailleurs, cette étude propose des raisons de mener des analyses systématiques de la langue de traduction japonaise au Japon, pays où la traductologie n’est qu’à ses débuts. Nous terminerons en présentant les résultats d’un examen préliminaire de corpus restreints et comparables dans des cas de traduction et de non-traduction.
Mots-clés :
- langue de traduction,
- japonais,
- reposant sur le corpus,
- traductologie descriptive,
- hon’yakuchoo
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