Specificity of translation of Svan tales
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https://doi.org/10.22333/ijme.2025.10489Keywords:
language, fairy tale, translation, specificity, equivalence.Abstract
The article provides an analysis of the challenges encountered when translating Svan fairy tales into Georgian and English. It discusses various methods and solutions to address these challenges, focusing on the specific aspects of Svan tales, such as the translation of titles, beginnings, endings, and other significant issues. Fixing unwritten Kartvelian languages, especially Svan materials, as mentioned many times, is an especially important task. The frequent interactions in the modern era lead to rapid changes in any language, especially unwritten ones, contributing to the gradual forgetting of the ancient Svan traditions. Therefore, preserving such languages is not just a task for the present but also for future generations. Modern civilization poses a great danger to Svan, which is now classified in the list of endangered languages by UNESCO, like thousands of other minority languages.
The preservation of Svan folklore is important because it contains elements of the ancient language, old grammatical forms, and phonological transformations. Providing Georgian and English translations of Svan tales is crucial for preserving and popularizing these cultural works. This effort will be valuable to linguists, historians, ethnographers, and folklorists. Moreover, the research results will have significance for Svan teaching and university students taking Kartvelological dialectology or Svan lecture and seminar courses.
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