Poéma Moskva - Petuški V.E. Erofeeva v perevode na nemeckij (k voprosu o tom, čto že takoe chudožestvennyj perevod)

Abstract

In my paper I tried to show how difficult the translation of literary works is. The German translation mainly reproduces the meaning (besides the fact that it also contained blatant errors). But in Yerofeyevs composition the form is as important as the meaning. A word, besides its semantical meaning, also implies symbolic meaning, in terms of numbers, The problems of translation, for example in connection with numerology, start with the original title, consisting of 13 letters, which is not reflected in the German translation. And it ends with the Russian letter „Ю” the hero catches sight of, before he gets murdered (?) at the end of the poem. The Russian letter „Ю” could be an abbreviation, the English personal pronoun you or a number as well. This simply cannot be reproduced in German, where this letter does not even exist.