Successive translations as source of evidence for linguistic change

• Autores: Ilse Lehiste
• Localización: International journal of the sociology of language, ISSN 0165-2516, Nº. 139, 1999, págs. 39-48
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.1999.139.39
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• Resumen

  • The paper presents a linguistic analysis of six Estonian translations of Friedrich Schiller 's poem "An die Freude/' The translations span the years 1813-1959. Particular attention is directed to the choice of Estonian equivalents to German grammatical features that are absent in Estonian:

    definite and indefinite articles, the rendering of the future tense, and the expression of the passive voice. The successive translations show a gradual decrease of German influence on the language of the translations.