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Publication details [#8564]
Hjørnager Pedersen, Viggo. 1999. Accuracy in translation. In Anderman, Gunilla and Margaret Rogers, eds. Word, text, translation. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. pp. 47–55.
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Chapter in book
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English
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Abstract
This paper aims to use some translations of the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf to exemplify some of the difficulties that a translator must come to terms with when embarking on such a project. The paper provides a summary of the poem, considers its form, embarks upon a few types of translation and looks into specific translation problems such as metaphors, compounds, proper nouns and rhythm.
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