Estonian Surrealist Ilmar Laaban and his Translations, with Particular Reference to Marie Under / Eesti sürrealist Ilmar Laaban ja tema tõlked Marie Underi näitel
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: It is often claimed that lyrical poetry is untranslatable for both external and internal reasons.Estonian linguist and a former resident of Ohio, US, Ilse Lehiste considers grammatical and phonological differences in languages as external reasons, but she also stresses the importance of semantic differences between words.The poetic value of a word contains its cognitive meaning, as well as its accompanying historical, literary and personal associations.Only a few primarily multilingual translators are able to render the multi-layered meanings expressed in poetry successfully into the target language.(Lehiste 1978, 305-306) Ilmar Laaban was one such translator who, being not only a translator but also an avant-garde poet, was able to overcome all linguistic barriers.The bibliography of Laaban's works The End of the Anchor Chain is the Beginning of the Bibliography (Tamjärv and Malin 2021) shows that he has published essays and multidirectional translations in many genres and fields of art.
Source: Methis Studia humaniora Estonica
Author: Marin Laak
Institution: Estonian Literary Museum
Language: Estonian
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Funder: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
OpenAlex ID: W4389829768