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The Translator’s Faithfulness: A Case of the English Version of Sembene Ousmane’s Money Order

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  • John Babatunde BABAYEMI

    (Department of Languages and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Anchor University, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos State, Nigeria)

  • Joseph Akanbi ADEWUYI

    (Department of French, Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria)

  • Titilade M.O. Ahmed

    (Department of French, Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria)

  • Roseline Adewuyi

    (Graduate Student/Teaching Assistant, School of Languages and Culture French Literature Purdue University, West Lafayette Indiana)

Abstract

Translation plays a prominent role in the teaching and learning of foreign languages as well as literature. This discipline which could be said to be as old as man himself has always subjected man’s brain to a rigorous linguistics exercise that brings to fore the complex nature of language. It is, therefore, easy to assert that the process of rendering the message of a language into another requires a great deal of intellectual creativity. This study highlights the constraints and the diverse mechanisms the translator has to consider in order to convey the message without mutilating the meaning intended to the target public. The translator is either a faithful one or a betrayer. It is always believed that translating is falsehood. In the case of Le Mandat of Sembène Ousmane, translated to Money Order, some of these constraints and problems a translator faces are exemplified.

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  • John Babatunde BABAYEMI & Joseph Akanbi ADEWUYI & Titilade M.O. Ahmed & Roseline Adewuyi, 2022. "The Translator’s Faithfulness: A Case of the English Version of Sembene Ousmane’s Money Order," International Journal of Translation and Interpretation Studies, Al-Kindi Center for Research and Development, vol. 2(1), pages 27-34, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:alk:ijtis0:v:2:y:2022:i:1:id:2866
    DOI: 10.32996/ijtis.2022.2.1.3
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