Making Words Sing and Dance: Sense, Style and Sound in Yoruba Prose Translation

Making Words Sing and Dance: Sense, Style and Sound in Yoruba Prose Translation

Abstract Ordinarily in prose translation, rhythm is usually not a matter of great concern for the translator. Unlike poetry, with its comparatively rigid form, prose, by its very nature, permits a free form fluidity, giving the translator a certain kind of carte blanche “prosaic” license. However, i...

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