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MACBETH IN THE HANDS OF FRENCH AND SPANISH TRANSLATORS
Author(s) -
Manchester P. T.
Publication year - 1931
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1931.tb06808.x
Subject(s) - poetry , linguistics , the arts , literature , art , history , visual arts , philosophy
Author's Summary.— Translation into poetic language, preserving the meanings and subtleties of the original is one of the fine arts, and is truly scholarly production. The difficulties encountered in interpreting and adequately translating Shakespeare are illustrated by comparisons of representative translations into French and Spanish, of passages from Macbeth.