Draft:Soviet School of Translation

The Soviet “school” of translation is a term used to describe the unique theory and approach to translation developed and institutionalized in the Soviet Union.

Two Worlds, One Art by Leighton^[1]

Искусство перевода

Maxim Gorky

Gorky Institute of World Literature

History[edit]

Pre-Formalist history[edit]

Social Realism, Over-nativization, poet-translators, romantics and symbolists

Russian Formalism[edit]

Russian formalism

Lingusitic-scientific

American and German stuff, New Criticism

Soviet School[edit]

Realism and Artistry

"Full Valued and Adeqquate"

social realism

Dialectical Materialism

Marx-Leninism, global socialism

State initiatives to translate

Native-American literature translations

Artistics- gorky, chukovsky^[2], Ivan Kashkin

Scientific-linguistic “gradation”
Marx-Leninism & Socialist Realism
“Dishonorable” for translators to alter a foreign text to appeal to domestic audiences
Combined theory, criticism, and practice-> Leighton argues this is why the efforts of Soviet translators were successful and long-lasting^[1]

^ ^a ^b Leighton, Lauren (1991). Two Worlds, One Art. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.
^ Chukovsky, Kornei (1984). The Art of Translation. Translated by Leighton, Lauren. University of Tennessee Press.

[:0-1] Leighton, Lauren (1991). Two Worlds, One Art. DeKalb, Illinois: Northern Illinois University Press.

[2] Chukovsky, Kornei (1984). The Art of Translation. Translated by Leighton, Lauren. University of Tennessee Press.

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