Переклад маньчжурської культурної спадщини на корейську: на матеріалі афоризмів, пов’язаних з концептом освіти та навчання

Abstract

Education has always been considered important in many Asian societies. As both Manchu and Korean cultures were influenced by the Confucian tradition, it is quite logical to assume that Manchu people valued education in a similar way, as Korean elite and society cherished it. The significance of such influence has left traces in both languages in form of maxims, proverbs etc. The purpose of this paper is to suggest translation of Manchu maxims into Korean.  Although both cultures were influenced by the Chinese and affected by Confucianism, translation poses many challenges, because possible affinities in both source and target languages might treat the concept under consideration differently. The paper formulates corresponding research questions, develops a conceptual framework of analysis and translation of source language (SL) maxims, and then employs the obtained results in the process of translation of the selected SL paremiology into the target language (TL). Finally, the paper presents an attempt of answering the following questions related to the research on the basis of empirical approach. RQ1: What strategies are more preferable when translating maxims from Manchu into Korean? RQ2: Which is the right way of representation of the original in translation: should it be a “faithful reduplication” / literal translation or we would better look for “functional equivalents”? RQ3: Can exact correspondence be applied in understanding the concept of education in both cultures from the viewpoint of translation? In this particular case, the cross-cultural negotiation, embodied by the socio-historical context, poses multiple challenges to translation process in order to reveal cultural, pragmatic and aesthetic properties of SL maxims. The paper also addresses the analysis of linguistic mechanisms of the original and those arising in the translation into the TL. The examination of shift of codes plays an important role in answering the above-mentioned research questions.