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Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012 Acceptability and Adequacy in of John Steinbeck‘s Novel by Valiallah Ebrahimi Reza Fatemi

ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: This study examines a novel written by John Steinbeck and correspondingly its Received: 6 April 2016; translation into Persian by Valiallah Ebrahimi (1990). Gideon Toury‘s Acceptability, Received in revised form: Adequacy and Cultural Norms (1995) have been applied in this study. The researcher 27 April 2016; gathered some information about Toury and his theory of ―cultural norms‖, and also the Accepted: 3 May 2016; two types of translation, namely ―adequate‖ and ―acceptable‖ defined by the same scholar. The translated text was analyzed against the original work to determine if it is Keywords source-oriented (adequate) or receptor-oriented (acceptable). The impact of the ideology Translation, of the translator on adequacy and acceptability in translation has also been considered as Acceptable Translation, the most important case in the study. The findings of the study revealed that Ebrahimi‘s Adequate Translation, translation was acceptable. Norm. © 2016 Elixir All rights reserved.

1. Introduction Larson declares that "different have different focuses. Munday (2001, p. 5) maintains that ―Throughout history Some societies are more technical and others less technical." of man, written and spoken have played a crucial This difference is reflected in the amount of vocabulary which role in interhuman communication, not least in providing is available to talk about a particular topic (1984, p. 95). access to important text for scholarship and religious Nord uses the term 'cultureme' to refer to the specific purposes.‖ Translating a text maybe a rather ambiguous items. He defines cultureme as "a cultural phenomenon that is process that involves processing unknown linguistic and present in culture X but not present (in the same way) in cultural input, which might eventually causes uncertainty culture Y" (1997, p. 34). Baker refers to the cultural words and and/or confusion on the part of students and translators. As concedes that the SL words may express a concept which is translators we are faced with an unfamiliar culture which totally unknown in the target culture. She points out that the requires that its message maybe conveyed. The culture concept in question may be "abstract or concrete, it may relate expresses its idiosyncrasies in a way that is ‗culturally-bound‘: to a religious belief, a social custom, or even a type of food." cultural words, proverbs and of course idiomatic expressions, Baker then, calls such concepts 'culture-specific items' (1992, whose origin and use are intrinsically and uniquely bound to p. 21). the culture concerned (Karamanian, 2001, p. 48). According to Gideon Toury, translations are not isolated Over the last two decades, have utterances and a translator does not operate in a vacuum, but is received a number of pristine perspectives and in this way rather ―playing a social role‖, ―fulfilling a function allotted by have been influenced by the discipline of . a community‖, which means that translation as scholars in England and America such as Bassnett, activity is governed by certain constraints, or norms (1995, p. Lefevere, David L1oyd, and Maria Tymoczko distanced 53). When analyzing translations for the purpose of themselves from Even-Zohars‘s polysestem model. They were uncovering the underlying norms in the tradition of on this belief that Zohar‘s model was too formalistic and Descriptive Translation Studies (Toury 1995), it is beneficial restrictive. By adopting more of cultural studies, they to study certain features that can be seen as symptomatic of concentrated both on institutions of prestige and power within these norms. any given culture and patterns in literary translation. Most of In the mid-20th century, there has been increasing interest translation theorists consider translation as a form of in the question of translators‘ attitudes to cultural hegemonies ―political‖ intervention not a neutral activity. when cultural features and values expressed in a Source Text ―How to deal with features like dialect and heteroglossia, (ST)are different from the translator‘s, and target reader‘s. But literary allusions, culturally specific items such as food or in this regard, there is a question remains to be answered, architecture, or further-reaching differences in the assumed which is how to translate these cultural factors. Since culture contextual knowledge that surrounds the text and gives it plays an important role in translation, much consideration meaning‖ are indeed complex technical issues raised in should be taken to handle the process of translational cultural cultural translation (Sturge, 2009, p. 67). Culture is norms. interconnected to language. It determines the way that people 1.1.Statement of the Problem behave or speak. Wardhaugh claims that ―the structure of a According to Toury‘s work, there are specific norms given language determines the way in which the speakers of which govern the translator and his performance. These norms that language view the world‖ (1986, p. 212). are either source-oriented or receptor-oriented.

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Toury considers a translation to be either source-oriented involved in this process which mainly attributed to quality of ―adequate‖ or receptor-oriented ―acceptable.‖ The main translation (Larson, 1984), these are as follows: problem examined in this research is whether the translation of John Steinbeck‘s novel by Valiallah Ebrahimi is adequate or faithfully as possible; acceptable. 1.2.Research Significance to the text being translated; and, This study is one of the rare researches which have been e meaning in an understandable way conducted on the cross-cultural overlap and gaps in English to the intended audience ( p. 54). and Persian influencing translation in the literary work. It can According to Catford (1965, p. 20), ―Translation is the help translators, interpreters, translation students,….know replacement of textual material in one language (SL) by more about the acceptability and adequacy of translation. This equivalent textual material in another language (TL)‖, and is also a topic which is excessively worthy of research and Nida (1969, p. 12) states that translation consists of investigation. Concerning acceptability and adequacy as reproducing in the receptor language the natural equivalent of somehow problematic cases affecting various aspects of the source language message, first in terms of meaning and translation including: quality, assessment, translators‘ views, second in terms of style. translation policy and…. should be more discussed and The definition of translation is not only limited to investigated. Moreover, this research tries to enlarge the Catford‘s and Nida‘s view points. A number of scholars in horizon for English Department students who wish for more translation have stated different definitions for translation. understanding of the area. It is expected that this study offers Shuttleworth and Cowie (1997) define translation as: some effective aids to the translators when doing the An incredibly broad notion which can be understood in translation of cultural norms and assist them to overcome the many different ways. For example, one may talk of translation misunderstandings and barriers during the cross-cultural as a process or a product, and identify each sub-type as literary communication. translation, , subtitling and machine 1.3.Research Questions translation; moreover, while more typically it just refers to the 1. Considering acceptability and adequacy in translation, to transfer of written texts, the term sometimes also include what extent is the translation of ―Of mice and men‖ compatible interpreting. (p. 181) with Gideon Toury‘s model? Translation studies, on the other hand, is a newly- 2. What strategies have been employed by the translator in established discipline which involves a large number of names rendering the samples from English into Persian in the novel of figures and scholars suggesting a variety of theories and “Of Mice and Men”? concepts in this area. These figures have suggested numerous 3. What effects do the translated cultural norms have on the dichotomies for the process and different types of translations meaning of the novel? including Julian House‘s ‗overt‘ and ‗covert‘ translation 1.4.Research Limitations (1971), Peter Newmark‘s ‗semantic‘ and ‗communicative‘ In the wide and expanding world of translation studies, translation (1988), Roman Jakobson‘s ‗interlingual‘, there exists a large number of names, each with numerous ‗intralingual‘ and ‗intersemiotic‘ translation (1959), Eugene theories and concepts. Roman Jakobson, Eugene Nida, Nida‘s ‗formal‘ and ‗dynamic‘ equivalence (1964), and other Catford, Venuti, John Dryden, and many other names are only distinctions. Such an (overabundance of terminology), as some of the scholars working in the field of translation studies. suggested by Munday (2001), might lead to the confusion of It is possible to analyze the selected translation on the basis of students studying in this field. However, it provides a good theories belonging to each of these figures. However, spatial opportunity for researchers and students to select anyone of the and temporal limitations do not allow the researcher to apply scholars in this area and his or her concepts and theories, based more than one theory. on their interest and topic of study. One book may be translated into one language by different While Munday, (2001. p. 5) points out the crucial role of translators, and indeed, it is possible for one source text to written and spoken translations in inter human communication have a number of target texts. This can be true for the selected and providing access to important texts for scholarship and novel. However, once again, spatial and temporal restriction religious purposes, he asserts that studying translation as an does not allow the researcher to investigate all translations of academic subject has only begun in the past fifty years which the novel. is now generally known as ‗translation studies‘ thanks to A translator might be affected by numerous factors and Holmes. According to Baker (1998): phenomena and they can influence on the quality of his or her Translation studies is now understood to refer to the work. Such factors as age, sex, social class, educational academic discipline concerned with the study of translation at background, economical status, etc., all may be influential in large, including literary and non-literary translation, various translator‘s performance. Investigation of all these factors and forms of oral interpreting, as well as and subtitling. phenomena is beyond the scope of this study. Because of the The terms 'translation' and 'translators' are used in this generic factors mentioned above, this study has failed to address all sense throughout this entry. 'Translation studies' is also linguistic aspects and mention all translational ways. Thus, understood to cover the whole spectrum of research and some of the conclusions drawn from the findings may be rather pedagogical activities, from developing theoretical frameworks subjective and the issues mentioned are still somewhat general. to conducting individual case studies to engaging in practical 2.Literature Review matters such as training translators and developing criteria for 2.1.Translation and Translation Studies translation assessment. (p. 227) Generally, translation is a process of rendering meaning, 2.2.Culture ideas, or messages of a text from one language to other The way "culture" is defined in the Concise Oxford language (Nugroho, 2013, p. 1). Some considerations are Dictionary is different from descriptions of the "Arts" to plant 40007 Reza Fatemi/ Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012

and bacteria cultivation and includes a wide range of its genre and communicative purposes (p. 23). intermediary aspects. Technically, regarding language and Most translation projects are initiated by an actor of the translation, Newmark defines culture as "the way of life and its domestic culture such as state ideology, cultural climate, the manifestations that are peculiar to a community that uses a expectations of the target audience, economic and social particular language as its means of expression" (Newmark, reasons, etc., and foreign texts are selected not by the 1988, p. 94), so asserting that each language group has its own translators themselves but by this actor, who manipulates the culturally specific features. Also, he obviously mentions that whole process. The very function of translation thus becomes he does "not regard language as a component or feature of the rewriting of the foreign text into the domestic culture, in culture" (Newmark, 1988, p. 95) and opposes to the view taken compliance with the domestic cultural norms and resources by Vermeer who states that "language is part of a culture" that make up the overall system of the society. Lawrence (1988, p .222). Newmark believes that Vermeer's viewpoint Venuti argues that in instances where translations are governed would imply the impossibility to translate whereas for the by the state or a similar institution, the identity-forming latter, translating the source language (SL) into a suitable form process initiated by a translated text has the potential to affect of TL is part of the translator's role in transcultural social mores by providing a sense of what is true, good, and communication. possible. Translations may create a corpus with the ideological Translation is process of connection between two cultures. qualification to assume a role of performing a function in an It could be said that without translation exchange of material institution (Venuti, 1998, p. 67). or non-material factors of two cultures are impossible, because 2.4.Norms according to Ivir (1987) there is an inseparable relation The term ―norm‖ may refer both to a regularity in between culture and language and entrance of a cultural factor behavior and to the mechanism which accounts for this from one culture to another is through language. Based on this regularity. The mechanism has a socially regulatory function idea, translation means translation of cultures not languages. and comprises a psychological as well as a social dimension. It Hongwei (1999) believes in language as a portrait of mediates between the individual and the collective, between culture. He says that "language mirrors other parts of culture, the individual‘s intentions, choices, and expectations, and supports them, spreads them and helps to develop others" collectively held beliefs, values, and preferences. Norms bear (p.121). This special feature of language distinguishes it from on the interaction between people, more especially on the all other facets of culture and makes it crucially important for degree of coordination required for the continued, more or less the transfer of culture. It is no exaggeration to say that, as harmonious coexistence with others in a group. Norms Hongwei believes too, "language is the life-blood of culture contribute to the stability of interpersonal relations by reducing and that culture is the track along which language forms and uncertainty about how others will act. develops" (p. 121). The formation and development of all By generalizing from past experience and allowing aspects of a culture are closely related to one another, and projections concerning similar types of situation in the future, language is no exception. A careful study of the meanings of norms help to make behavior more predictable. Translation in words and how these changes demonstrate how material a social environment involves transactions between several culture, institutional culture and mental culture influence the parties who have an interest in these transactions taking place. formation and development of language (Hongwei, 1999, p. The translator, as one of the decision making parties in the 123). transaction, is an agent whose actions are neither wholly free 2.3.Ideology nor predetermined, especially as the entire process is played The term ideology‗ has been always accompanied by its out in the context of existing social structures. The more the political connotation as it is evident in its dictionary definition parties can coordinate their actions, the greater the likelihood as a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the that they will consider their interaction successful. To basis of economic or political theory and policy‗ (The New appreciate the role of norms and conventions in solving Oxford Dictionary of English). The ideology of translation interpersonal coordination problems, we may start from the could be traced in both process and product of translation definition of convention provided by the American which are, however, closely interdependent. The ideology of a philosopher David Lewis (1969). translation, according to Tymoczko (2003), will be a Lewis describes conventions as regularities in behavior combination of the content of the source text and the various which emerge as contingent solutions to recurrent problems of speech acts represented in the source text relevant to the source interpersonal coordination. The solutions are contingent in that context, layered together with the representation of the content, they are neither necessary nor impossible: they could have its relevance to the receptor audience, and the various speech been different. If they prove effective, these solutions become acts of the translation itself addressing the target context, as the preferred course of action for individuals in a given type of well as resonance and discrepancies between these two situation. Conventions grow from precedent into social habit. ‗utterances‗. However, she further explains that ‗the ideology They do not have to be explicitly agreed, but they presuppose a of translation resides not simply in the text translated, but in degree of common knowledge and acceptance. They imply the voicing and stance of the translator, and in its relevance to reciprocal expectations and the expectation of expectations: the receiving audience‗(pp. 182–83). Schäffner (2003) the expectation of others that, in a given situation, I will adopt explains: a certain course of action, and my expectation that others Ideological aspect can […] be determined within a text expect me to adopt that course of action. itself, both at the lexical level (reflected, for example, in the Conventions are not norms, although the distinction is not deliberate choice or avoidance of a particular word […]) and always made and conventions are sometimes regarded as the grammatical level (for example, use of passive structures to implicit norms or ―quasi-norms‖ (Lewis, 1969, p. 97; Hjort, avoid an expression of agency). Ideological aspects can be 1990, p. 43). They can, however, become norms by falling more or less obvious in texts, depending on the topic of a text, victim to their own success. 40008 Reza Fatemi/ Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012

If a convention has served its purpose sufficiently well for long conform to the norms of the source text and, by implication, of enough, the mutually shared expectation about what course of the source culture, or to those of the target culture. The two action to adopt in certain types of situation may grow beyond a poles between which a translator then operates are, therefore, mere preference and acquire a binding character. At that point the translation's adequacy, or "adherence to source norms" the modality of the expectation changes from cognitive to (Toury, 1995, p .56), and its acceptability, or adherence to normative (Galtung, 1959). target norms. In practice, the choices made by a translator Like conventions, norms derive their legitimacy from involve some sort of compromise or negotiation between the shared knowledge and mutual expectations; on the individual two extremes. Preliminary Norm is the choice of text-types or level, they are largely internalized. Unlike conventions, norms individual texts to be translated (Toury, 1995, pp. 56-59). have a directive character: They tell individuals not just how Operational Norms, those norms governing the way others expect them to behave but how others prefer them to "translations come into being", involving both source and behave. Norms imply that there is a course of action which is target norms, though to a varying degree (Toury 1995, p .60). more or less strongly preferred because it is accepted as proper In Toury‘s general classification of norms, Initial norm is or correct or appropriate. situated in the preliminary norms group (1995, p .61). 2.5.Toury When discussing norms, Toury mentions two of their The idea of translation being a norm-governed activity qualities that bear on every practicing translator as well as was first explored at length by Gideon Toury in his innovative anyone wishing to study them methodically: the socio-cultural book In Search of a Theory of Translation in 1980. Toury specificity of norms and their instability (1995, p. 62). As (1995, p. 55) defines norms as: ―the translation of general regards their specificity, norms do not necessarily apply across values or ideas shared by a community – as to what is right or cultures nor even across the various sub-cultures of a society, wrong, adequate or inadequate – into performance instructions whereas their fundamental instability means that they also appropriate for and applicable to particular situations‖. Toury change across time. Such changes may be prompted by further refined and updated the model in Descriptive translators themselves, , translation Translation Studies and Beyond published in 1995. ideology, and translation schools (1995, p. 62). Norms have played a significant role in descriptive There are two different sources for studying translational translation studies, as (Toury, 1995, p. 61) “it is norms that norms: textual sources, i.e. actual translations showing the determine the (type and extent of) equivalence manifested by effects of norms, and extratextual sources, i.e. normative and actual translations”. Equivalence is the name given to the critical formulations and comments from those involved, relationship, of whatever type and extent, between a translation though they can sometimes be biased (1995, p. 65). By and its original, and the existence of such a relationship is studying these sources a scholar could find out whether axiomatic in the theory. According to Toury, translations are particular norms are, in terms of their force, basic or rule-like not isolated utterances and a translator does not operate in a norms, secondary norms or tendencies, or tolerated behaviour vacuum, but is rather ―playing a social role‖, ―fulfilling a (1995, p. 67). function allotted by a community‖, which means that The concept of norms has become of core importance translation as cultural activity is governed by certain within Translation Studies, particularly in DTS. Toury‘s constraints, or norms (1995, p. 53). attempt to be objective, descriptive and precise when analysing According to Toury, norms occupy the middle-ground in a them has encouraged a new approach towards translation scale of sociocultural constraints ranging, in terms of their practice, tackling features which had been overlooked until force, from more or less absolute rules to mere idiosyncracies then, such as the very existence of norms operating in the (1995, p. 54). The borderline between these constraints is by production of translated texts. Undoubtedly, his position no means absolute, quite the reverse. They can gain or lose towards translational behaviour has proved to have invaluable their validity across time along with "changes of status within resonance on translation critics in the last decade. In fact, a society" (1995, p. 54). Norms could be described as the being acquainted with the current norms in a given literary society's way of regulating behaviour by saying what is system seems now to be a crucial initial step when taking into accepted or tolerated, on the one hand, and what is consideration the translation practices within a given culture. disapproved of or outright forbidden, on the other (1995, p. 3.Data 55). Learning this code of conduct is part of an individual's There were lots of novels available but not all of them socialisation process (1995, P. 55). were appropriate to be selected as the data collection source The community within which a translator operates sets for this study, because some of them were not written certain expectations on the translator for his/her product to be originally in English and they were translations from other acceptable as a translation within that community. Norms can languages. Therefore, the novel “Of mice and men” by John be considered as general values that are shared by a Steinbeck, the Nobel prize-winning American author, was community and have been converted into instructions selected because it has been written originally in English. governing and evaluating the acceptability of behaviour – for Another reason and the most important one for this selection example the activity of translating – applicable to particular was that the novel is stuffed with different taboos, cultural situations (Toury, 1995, p. 55). Deviations from agreed norms norms, and also included many instances of acceptability and can result in ‗sanctions' or penalties or, in rare cases, positive adequacy which were needed for data collection process. This changes to existing systems (Toury, 1995, p. 64). study analyzes the translation of a literary book according to These norms are sociocultural constraints specific to Toury‘s model to find omissions, distortions, alterations, culture, society and time. Toury sees various kinds of norms euphemism, etc by the Iranian translator. operating at various stages of the translation process. These Valiallah Ebrahimi, is the Head Translator at Official Farsi norms are as follows: initial, preliminary and operational. Translation (ATIO Certified & Member of CTTIC). Formerly, Basically Initial norm is the question of a translator deciding to he was engaged in English teaching at Tehran Azad 40009 Reza Fatemi/ Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012

University, Tehran Central Branch and was Faculty of Foreign 14. ―He gonna leave you, ya crazy bastard. He gonna leave ya languages. He translated many literary books. He translated all alone. He gonna leave ya, crazy bastard.‖ (p. 92) ‗Of Mice and Men‟ in 1990. Ebrahimi has used many 15. George looked up. ―If that crazy bastard‘s foolin‘ around strategies in his translation in order to be close to the TL. His too much, jus‘ kick him out, Slim.‖ (p. 24) translation is according to Iranian Ideologies and culture in 16. ―All the time he coulda had such a good time if it wasn‘t which can help the researcher to conduct this research. for you. He woulda took his pay an‘ raised hell in a 3.1.Source text whorehouse, and he coulda set in a pool room an‘ played 1. ― . . . . If you . . . . guys would want a hand to work for snooker. But he got to take care of you.‖ nothing—just his keep, why I‘d come an‘lend a hand. I ain‘t so 17. ―An‘ when the enda the month come—‖ crippled I can‘t work like a son-of-a-bitch if I want to.‖ (p. 38) ―An‘ when the end of the month came I could take my fifty 2. ―You God damn tramp‖, he said viciously. ―You done it, bucks an‘ go to a . . . . cat house—‖ (p. 52) di‘n‘t you? I s‘pose you‘re glad. Ever‘ body knowed you‘d 18. ―Jus‘ the usual thing. We go in to old Susy‘s place. Hell of mess things up. You wasn‘t no good. You ain‘t no good now, a nice place. Old Susy‘s a laugh—always crackin‘ jokes. Like you lousy tart.‖ (p. 47) she says when we come up on the front porch las‘ Sat‘day 3. George said, ―I‘ll work my month an‘ I‘ll take my fifty night. Susy opens the door and then she yells over her bucks an‘ I‘ll stay all night in some lousy cat house. Or I‘ll set shoulder, ‗Get yor coats on, girls, here comes the sheriff.‘ She in some poolroom till ever‘ body goes home. An‘ then I‘ll never talks dirty, neither. Got five girls there.‖ (p. 26) come back an‘ work another month an‘ I‘ll have fifty bucks 19. George let himself be helped to his feet. ―Yeah, a drink.‖ more.‖ (p. 47) Slim said, ―You hadda, George. I swear you hadda. Come on 4. George sighed. ―You give me a good whore house every with me.‖ (p. 53) time,‖ he said. ―A guy can go in an‘ get drunk and get ever‘ 20. ―Tend rabbits,‖ it said scornfully. ―You crazy bastard. You thing outa his system all at once, an‘ no messes. And he knows ain‘t fit to lick the boots of no rabbit. You‘d forget ‗em and let how much it‘s gonna set him back. These here jail baits is just ‗em go hungry. That‘s what you‘d do. An‘ then what would set on the trigger of the hoosegow.‖ (p. 28) George think?‖ (p. 50) 5. Candy went on, ―Either you guys got a slug of whisky? I 3.2.Target Text "اگز ػوب هززُبی هْهي ّ هتعِس کظی را ثرْاُیس ثزایتبى کبر کٌس ّزر .gotta gut ache.‖ (p. 21) 1 عْض اس اّ ًگِساری کٌیس هي ثب ػوب ذْاُن آهس. هي آًمسرُب ُن زطت ّ پبچلفتی ‘Sure. Come along. It‘s a hell of a lot of fun—her crackin― .6 ًیظتن کَ ًتْاًن هثل یک فزز عبزی ّ هظئْل کبر کٌن ّ ًبى ػزافتوٌساًَ ای jokes all the time. Like she says one time, she says, ‗I‘ve knew (p. 148)ثرْرم." people that if they got a rag rug on the floor an‘ a kewpie doll "_ ذساًّس تزا لعٌت کٌس. تْ لٌی ثیگٌبٍ را ّیالى کززی. ُوَ هیساًظتٌس کَ تْ .lamp on the phonograph they think they‘re running a parlor 2 رطْایی ّ ثسثرتی ثجبر هیبّری. تْ آزم ذْثی ًجْزی، حبال ُن ذْة ًیظتی. house.‘ That‘s Clara‘s house she‘s talkin‘ about. An‘ Susy (p. 181)سًیکَ ثس کبرٍ گٌسیسٍ! تف ثز تْ!..." says, ‗I know what you boys want,‘ she says. ‗My girls is خزج گفت: " هي ایي هبٍ را کبر هی کٌن. پٌدبٍ زالرهْ هی گیزم ّ ذْع .clean,‘ she says, ‗an‘ there ain‘t no water in my whisky,‘ she 3 هیگذراًن، یب ایٌکَ ُوَ پْلن را لوبر هی کٌن، اذز ػت کَ ُوَ ثبسیکٌبى رفتٌس، ‘says. ‗If any you guys wanta look at a kewpie doll lamp an زّثبرٍ ثب ایي لدٌشار ثز هی گززم، یک هبٍ زیگز کبر هی کٌن ّ پٌدبٍ زالرهْ هی take your own chance gettin‘ burned, why you know where to (p. 180گیزهْزر لوبر هیجبسم." ) -go.‘ An‘ she says, ‗There‘s guys around here walk in‘ bow ژرژ ذزًبطی کؼیس ّ گفت: "هیربًَ ثِتز اس ایٌدبطت. آزم زر آًدب ثبزٍ هی .legged ‗cause they like to look at a kewpie doll lamp.‘‖ (p. 26) 4 ػًَْ، هظت هیکٌَ ّ اس ثید هعسٍ عزثسٍ هیکؼَ. ثعس ُن هیفِوَ چمسر پْل ذزج Yeah?‖ said Crooks. ―An‘ where‘s George now? In town in― .7 .pکززٍ. اهب ایي زذتزٍ ّلگزز کَ ایٌدبطت، زل ّ رّزٍ آزم را ثِن هیشًَ." ) (a whorehouse. That‘s where your money‘s goin‘‖ (p. 37 8. ―Don‘t you even take a look at that bitch. I don‘t care what 107) (p. 83)"_ ُیچکسام اس ػوب زارّ ًساریس؟ زلن زرز گزفتَ!" .she says and what she does. I seen em poison before, but I 5 آرٍ، ثب هب ثیب! ذْع هیگذرز. اّ ُویؼَ ثب تْ ّ اهثبل تْ گل هی گْیس ّ گل ".never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her 6 :هیؼٌْز ّ ثبرُب ثزفمب گفتَ (be.‖ (p. 16 _ کظبًی را هی ػٌبطن کَ یک لطعَ گلین پبرٍ کف اتبلک کبُگلی اًساذتَ ّ یک ‘I know, Aunt Clara, ma‘am. I‘ll go right off in the hills an― .9 چزاغ ػیؼَ ای ّ کن ًْر رّی گزاهبفْى گذاػتَ اًس ّ ذیبل هی کٌٌس کبخ طز I‘ll fin‘ a cave an‘ I‘ll live there so I won‘t be no more trouble ثفلک کؼیسٍ ای زارًس ّ رّی تؼک پز لْ غلت هیشًٌس!" طْسی ُوچٌیي گفتَ: (to George.‖ (p. 51 هیساًن آلب پظزُب چَ هیرْاٌُس، گبرطًِْبی هي توییش ّ هْزة ُظتٌس ّ ػزثتِب، I never seen a guy really do it,‖ he said. ―I seen guys― .10 لٍِْ ُب، کبکبئُْب ّ چبیِبین آثکی ًیظت. اگز کظی ًرْاُس ایٌدب ثیبیس، هی تْاًس nearly crazy with loneliness for land, but ever‘ time a whore ثرتغ را ثیبسهبیس ّ ثکبفَ "هبریب" ی ذْزآرا، زُي لك ّ خیت ذبلی کي ثزّز. (house or a blackjack game took what it takes.‖ (p. 37 کظبًی را هیؼٌبطن کَ ثبز ثآطتیي هیبًساسًٌس ّ گؼبز گؼبز راٍ هی رًّس، ثربغز (Poor bastard,‖ He said softly. (p. 48― .11 ایٌکَ ػجی اس ػجِب عؼمؼبى گل کززٍ ثالًَ کثیف ّ ثس ًبم "هبریب" ثزًّس ّ طزی Well, we ain‘t got any,‖ George exploded. ―Whatever we― .12 ثروزٍ ثشًٌس. ایي پبچَ ّر هبلیسٍ ُبی هظت الیعمل، ُویؼَ کالؼُبى پض هعزکَ ain‘t got, that‘s what you want. God a‘mighty, if I was alone I (p. 101اطت." ) could live so easy. I could go get a job an‘ work, an‘ no trouble " آرٍ خزج کدبطت؟ االى تْی ػِز زر کبفَ ُب ّ رطتْراًِب پالص اطت. .e. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could 7 (p. 146)پْلِبی ػوب ثسثرتِبی ًبزاى ایٌطْر ثِسر هیزّز." .take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want "- گْع کي! ُیچْلت ثبّ ًگبٍ هکي! ثوي ّ تْ هزثْغ ًیظت کَ اّ کی ُظت .Why, I could stay in a cat house all night. I could eat any place 8 ّ چی هیگْیس. هي هبرُبی ذْع ذػ ّ ذبل سیبز زیسٍ ام ّلی زر توبم عوزم I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing I could چٌیي افعی طوی ّ ذطزًبکی ًسیسٍ ثْزم. تْ ثبیس ثزای حفظ ػزف ّ ًبهْص think of. An‘ I could do all that every damn month. Get a (p. 63ذْزت حتوب اس اّ فبصلَ ثگیزی." ) gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot " هیساًن. عوَ کالرا! ثدْى عشیش ذْزت هیساًن. ثَ تپَ ّ هبُْرُب رّی هی .pool.‖ (p. 6) 9 آّرم، غبری زًح ّ تبریک پیسا هیکٌن ّ زر آى رّسگبر ثظز هیجزم. زّر اس George looked carefully at the solitaire hand. He put an ace .13 آزهِبی طْزخْ ّ طتوگز سًسگی هیکٌن ّ ثب هػِْب، ذزگػِْب ّ طٌدبثِب ذْی up on his scoring rack and piled a two, three and four of (p. 192هی گیزم تب زیگز خزج ًبراحت ؼًْز." ) (diamonds on it. (p. 27 40010 Reza Fatemi/ Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012

.considers the target language norms and target text readers "_ کظی را ًسیسٍ ام کَ هحط رظبی ذسا ّ ثمصس ًْعپزّری زطت ثَ ایي .10 .This case can be an example of acceptability of translation کبر هِن ّ اطبطی ثشًس. ذیلی ُب را طزاغ زارم کَ زلؼبى ثزای یک تکَ سهیي Example 5 is another case of euphemism made in the لک سزٍ ثْز ّلی پْلِبیؼبى را ذزج الْاغی، عزق ذْری ّ لوبر کززٍ اًس." (p. 148) translation process by Ebrahimi which seems to be ideologically oriented. Ebrahimi also uses euphemism "_ ثیچبرٍ! ایي چَ غبئلَ ای ثْز کَ ثز پب کززی؟ حبال زر آى زًیب، تْی آتغ .11 p. 187) technique to avoid using taboo word. The word ―whisky‖ isخٌِن ثظْس ّ خْاة پززٍ زریِب ّ سػت کبریِبیت را ثسٍ." ) ‖drug― ‖زارّ― deleted in his translation, and it is replaced by ّ ثب ذؼن ّ غعت گفت: ُزچَ هب ًسارین هی ذْاُی. ذسا هیساًس اگز تٌِب ".12 which has different meaning. The reason behind this deletion ثْزم، هیتْاًظتن ثزای ذْزم کبری پیسا کٌن ّ زرزطزی ُن ًساػتَ ثبػن. آذز هبٍ is that the word such as ―whisky‖ is undesirable for the target ُن حمْلن را هی گزفتن ّ ثَ ػِز هی رفتن ّ ُز چَ هی تْاًظتن هی ذزیسم. ثعس readers. Therefore, the translator uses this translation strategy ُن هی تْاًظتن توبم ػت را ثرٌسٍ ّ ػبزی ثگذراًن، زر ظوي هی تْاًظتن ُز چَ to debar the negative values of the word in accordance with زلن هی ذْاُس زر هِوبًربًَ یب ُز خبی زیگز ثرْرم ّ ترت ثرْاثن. اّال ایي کبر . The researcher believes that if the را ُز هبٍ هی تْاًظتن ثکٌن، زر ثبًی اس هحل پْلِبی پض اًساسم، ذبًَ ًملی ّ acceptability of the translation is concerned it is fifty-fifty لؼٌگی هی طبذتن، سى ذْة ّ فزهبًجزی هیگزفتن ّ زر هیبى ثچَ ُبی لس ّ ًیومس .ػ ّ." acceptableیزیي سثبًن هیلْلیسم (p. 23-24) Ebrahimi like the previous example uses the euphemism p. 108) technique in his translation (example 6). His translation alsoخزج اثزّاًغ را زر ُن کؼیس، تجظن تلری ثز لجبًغ ًمغ ثظت. ).13 p. 194) highlights that those words which have negative values are"اّ هی رّز... آرٍ تزا ّل هیکٌس." ).14 omitted and replaced by ones which would not refer to the خزج ثبال را ًگبٍ کزز ّ گفت: "اگز ذیزٍ طزی کزز، ثب لگس ثیزًّغ کي." .15 (p. 97) concepts of the original text. As seen in the translation, the sentences ‗there ain‘t no water in my whisky‘ and ‗My girls is "_زر توبم ایي هست اگزتْ ًجْزی، اّ هی تْاًظت ذْع ثگذراًس، حمْلغ را .16 ػزثتِب، ― clean‘ that appears in the source text are translated as ثگیزز، صزفَ خْیی کٌس، تؼکیل ذبًْازٍ ثسُس ّ کْزکبى ذززطبل ّ ػزیي سثبًی ,there is no water in my juice― ‖لٍِْ ُب، کبکبئُْب ّ چبیِبین آثکی ًیظت زاػتَ ثبػس. ّلی خْاًیغ را فسای پزّرع رّحی ّ طعبزت آیٌسٍ تْ کزز. سُی ‖گبرطًِْبی هي توییش ّ هْزة ُظتٌس― p. 192) coffee, cacao, and tea‖ andثیْفبئی!.. اّف! ثز ًبطپبطی!..." ) my waitresses are clean and polite‖. The words ―whisky‖ and― " ُّز ّلت آذز هبٍ هی رطیس... آرٍ ُز ّلت آذز هبٍ هی رطیس، پٌدبٍ زالر .17 ,p. 196) ―girls‖ are deleted and they are replaced by ―juice, coffeeهی گزفتن ّ ثَ زک ّ پشم هی رطیسم." ) .cacao, and tea‖ and ―waitress‖ which have different meanings ُیچی، غجك هعوْل ثکبفَ "طْسی" پیز هی رّین. آًدب خبی ذْثیظت. _".18 Such rewriting indicates that some words or phrases are طْسی سى ذٌسٍ زار ّ ػْخ غجعی اطت. رّسُبی ػٌجَ ّلتی طز ّ کلَ هب زر ,considered to be inappropriate in the target text. Therefore :حیبغ خلْی پیسا هیؼْز، فزیبز هیکؼس these kinds of changes result from the Islamic ideology of the آُبی! ثچَ ُب! کسذسا زارز هیبیس. اّ ُیچْلت حزفِبی رکیک ًوی سًس ّ ثب p. 100) translator. As a matter of fact, alcoholic drinks are forbidden inهؼتزیِب ثب ازة ّ ًشاکت رفتبر هی کٌس." ) Muslim communities. The translation of the word ―whisky‖ as خْرج اس خبی ثزذبطت ّ گفت:" آرٍ ثبیس ثَ آطتبى ذسای ثٌسٍ ًْاس رّی .19 a kind of alcoholic drink into a non-alcoholic drink can be آّرین ّاس کززٍ ُبی سػتوبى تْثَ کٌین." considered as an ideologically oriented action. However, the اطلین گفت :" تْ ثَ تمْیت رّحی احتیبج زاری... ذیلی ُن احتیبج زاری، ثب هي p. 202) researcher believes that the translation is fifty percent)ثیب!" acceptable. Because, the translation is target text oriented and ثب صسای ًزم ّ ًبسکی گفت:.20 the translator tries to use less offensive words. In this way, he "_ ذزگْع زاػتَ ثبػی؟ الیك ًیظتی کَ پٌدَ ُبی ذزگْع را ًْاسع کٌی. اّ .uses the words which have no negative connotations را فزاهْع هیکٌی ّ گزطٌَ اع هیگذاری. ثلَ، تْ ایي ًساًن کبریِب را هی کٌی ّ p. 193) Like the previous examples, example 7 also shows the use)اًتظبر زاری خزج ذن ثبثزّ ًیبّرز؟" 4.Data Analysis of euphemism technique in the translated text. Ebrahimi uses Ebrahimi used the euphemism strategy and inculcated the the euphemistic expressions so as not to use the offensive Islamic Ideas in the translation. He translated ―son-of-a-bictch‖ words in translation. It is clear that the word ―whorehouse‖ in cafes and― ‖کبفَ ُب ّ رطتْراًِب― He the original text is translated as ."فزز عبزی ّ هظئْل― ‖as ―ordinary and committed person goes so beyond the theme of the original text; that is, it does restaurants‖, because it is undesirable for Islamic culture. So, not concord with the message of the source text. The translator this word is deleted from the text and replaced by the other uses the euphemism strategy in this case to avoid taboo word concepts which do not have negative values. The avoidance of in the target text. lexical items that have negative values is referred to the As demonstrated in the source text (example 3), readers of ideology of the translator. the source text get impression that George talks about staying As seen in the eighth example, the phrases ―honour and at cat house. Whilst the message of Ebrahimi‘s translation is chastity‖ are added with a religious connotation. But nothing حفظ ػزف ّ " different, he intentionally omits the word ―cat house‖ and has been mentioned in the ST which is equal with It may be argued that this translation is an addition ."ًبهْص replaces it by ―having fun‖. Of course, he uses the euphemism strategy to lessen the negative connotation of this item. instance. Ebrahimi has used this strategy to convey the Therefore, the readers of the target text read a distorted text. message according to the Target culture. In this way, this kind On the one hand, Ebrahimi replaces it with a general phrase. of distortion of the target text is done for the target-language On the other hand, the translation does not refer to an audience. It shows the intervention of a religious ideology of inappropriate pastime. The translation must depicts the ways the translator. This kind of addition to the translation is not of thoughts and wishes of the characters of the story, but we do acceptable, since it says something other than what mentioned not see this feature in the translation. in the original text. The word ―whore house‖ in the translation is replaced by There is an alteration of the original text in the translation bar‖ in which its negative is less than the of example 9. The addition part can be a sort of distortion in― ‖هیربًَ― previous one. This deliberate avoidance by Ebrahimi is an the translation process. He deliberately adds the sentence ―I example of euphemism strategy which is used by him to lessen live away from jobbers and oppressive people and habituate the taboo word value in Persian. By doing so, the translator myself to mice, rabbits and squirrels so that George wouldn‘t 40011 Reza Fatemi/ Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012

be upset anymore‖, while it is absent from the source text. This time, he could have fun, take his salary, save money, start a irrelevant information has been mentioned in the text. family and have young and sugary children, if you were not. There is an example of intervention which is as the result of a However, he sacrificed his youth to nurture your spirit and religious ideology. There is no mention in the original text of future happiness. Alas faithlessness! Phew to the ingratitude!‖ example 10 that ―I‘ve never seen anybody to do this important The additions used are associated with Islamic ideology which work only for the sake of God and philanthropy,‖ which are absolutely absent in the source text. The translation has appears in the translation. Like the previous one, Ebrahimi been done for Iranian readers who are assumed to belong to adds something to the source text; an addition part which is the Islamic . Considering the relation to the other much more loaded with religious connotations. These kinds of examples, this could be regarded as a kind of distortion made addition which disrupt the balance of the text are not allowed in the translation process which appears to be ideologically in translation. oriented. So, this translation is not equivalent with the source In example 11, Ebrahimi adds the sentences ―Poor guy! text but this is an acceptable translation, but its degree of What have you done? Now you should burn in hell due to your acceptability is less than 30%. shamelessness and ugly deeds.‖ Some additions are seen in the Example 17 is similar to the previous examples; the above translation which could be considered to be a sort of distortion is seen in the translation. The word ―cat house‖ is distortion. Since these additions are loaded with religious used in the source text while it is deleted in the translation. The connotations; this distortion made in the translation process translator replaces ―And I could take care of my appearance‖ seems to be indicative of Islamic ideology of the translator. instead of ‗going to cat house‘. Since going to this kind of However, the responsibility of the translator is to attach to the houses is unlawful according to Islamic religion and is not original message and not to add additional information to the accepted in Iranian culture. This is not a good equivalent for total message. This must be done so smoothly that reading the ―cat house‖. The translation is too far away from the current text does not necessitate the readers‘ high concentration on the text. However, this is an acceptable translation, because the text. A translator is dealing with concepts in the structures of translator follows the norms of target culture. The researcher both languages. Each language will focus on a particular area believes he should find an appropriate equivalence to achieve of reality or experience in a different way. So, the translation is more acceptability of translation. not acceptable. In the case of example 18‘s translation, ―Get yor coats on, Ebrahimi completely omitted ‗whisky‘ and ‗pool room‘ in girls‖ and ―Got five girls there‖ are deleted. The word ―girls‖ his translation of example 12. The italicized expression seen in is replaced by ―guys‖. In the extract taken from the translation, the extract in the translation does not appear in the source text. rewording has been used by the translator. His translation has There is no mention in the source text about George‘s wife and completely different meaning comparing with the source text. his children. George‘s words in the translation are as follows: Therefore, the translation is an instance of oppositional ―secondly, I would build a cozy and pretty house from my wording. In the original text, Susy is the owner of the place savings, get a nice and obedient wife, and wiggle among my who has five girls there. Such omissions prove that certain tall and short and sugary kids‖. Like the previous one, words and phrases are considered inappropriate in the target Ebrahimi adds something to the source text. This example text. The reason behind is because of particular ideology. demonstrates that the translator has avoided the lexical items However, Ebrahimi‘s translation is acceptable. He tried to that are not suitable to Islamic and Iranian Ideology. In this apply the ideologies of Iranian people but he omitted many regard, he has replaced them by different ones which is parts of the text. relating to his own culture. In this case, the translation is Ebrahimi deletes the word ―drink‖ in example 19. The rewriting. In fact, the readers of the target text actually read the reason for the omission might be the fact that it is undesirable text from their culture. This way of rewriting is not accepted, for Islamic culture. These words are intentionally substituted because the translator completely distorts the original text and by other words. He translated this sentence ―Yeah, a drink.‖ as آرٍ ثبیس ثَ آطتبى ذسای ثٌسٍ ًْاس رّی آّرین ّاس کززٍ ُبی سػتوبى تْثَ ": does not convey the same message as the original. The while nothing has been mentioned in the source text as ".کٌین researcher believes that the translator could use some equivalents that show the wishes and personalities of those ‗to repent before the gracious God because of our evil deeds‘. characters in the story. By this way he can avoid using taboos He completely omits the whole sentence and applies some in target text. expressions which are irrelevant to the source text and gives Ebrahimi does not translate the source text (example 13). totally different meaning. By doing so, the translator distorts He deletes the whole parts of the original text. To omit the source text and recreates other contents. This kind of completely some parts in translation and replace them with distortion beats the cohesion of the text. This case cannot be other information which is wholly irrelevant is not accepted in considered as acceptable translation. translating from one language into another. There is an Finally, Ebrahimi omitted this part ―You crazy bastard‖ in addition in his translation. He translates it as this sentence: his translation (example 20). The translator tries to make the ―George wrinkled his eyebrow, a bitter smile appeared on his translated text suitable for the target readers. He avoids using lips,‖ which is absent in the source text. In the translation of the words which are not accepted in the target culture. His example 14, the negative elements such as ―crazy bastard‖ are translation is acceptable but the degree of his acceptability is deleted. Ebrahimi summarizes and deletes the sentence ―He 50%. The researcher believes that he could give an equivalent gonna leave ya all alone‖. Example 15 is similar to the in the target text which refers to the source text message previous one, since it is an instance of deletion. Therefore, this indirectly. He could resort to this strategy in his last choice. can also be considered an example of distortion made in the 5.Conclusion translation process, which seems to be ideologically oriented. The study demonstrated that to what extent Toury‘s In example 16, ―play snooker‖ and ―go to whore house‖ are dichotomy of ―acceptability‖ and ―adequacy‖ was seen in the omitted. Ebrahimi translated the sentence as ―Through all this Persian translation of the novel. Considering cultural norms 40012 Reza Fatemi/ Elixir Literature 94 (2016) 40005-40012

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