and practice of folkloristic translation
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of the translation of a folklore text into another language. The quality of the basic text to be
translated depends on the skill and care of the person who transcribes the audio recording. Er rors in this textual procedure can lead to distortion of the meaning of the text. The primary
(field) handwriting almost always requires processing without introducing unnecessary elements into the text. A problem for a textologist is that many minority languages do not have
normative graphics and even an approved, generally accepted alphabet. Another side of the
same problem is the publication of texts recorded or previously published in a different
spelling. In many dialects, the same or similar words may have different meanings, may differ
stylistically. As pertains to the loan words, not only is it imperative to comment on borrowings in editional textual work but also to check their meaning. The distortions, intentional
or involuntary, can affect the entire model of the world, the system of traditional ideas of the
people expressed in the folklore text. A necessary procedure is the final verification
of the original text with both audio recording and with other similar texts of the same folklore
tradition. The author comes to the conclusion that an attentive attitude to the described stages
of editional textual work can significantly improve the translation of a folklore text.
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