Translating Taboo: Blasphemy in an Afrikaans Translation of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."

Author / Editor
Boje, John.

Title
Translating Taboo: Blasphemy in an Afrikaans Translation of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."

Published
Journal of Literary Studies/Tydskrif vir Literatuurwetenskap 37 (2021): 1-19.

Description
Clarifies pressures exerted by literary translation theories of the late twentieth century on Boje's translation of CT, focusing on the taboo against blasphemy in the target language, Afrikaans, and Chaucer's use of religious oaths.

Chaucer Subjects
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