Difficultés procédurales de traduction des figures de rhétorique de l’anglais vers le français

Abstract

This study focuses on the translation of figures of speech in narrative texts. The aim is to identify these figures of speech in a text and to analyse the techniques that help overcome the difficulties of translating them from English into French. The literature review enabled us to draw up some definitions and previous studies on figures of speech. We also looked at a number of theories concerning figures of speech. Through the translation of selected narrative texts, we identified a number of figures of speech using a combination of analytical and descriptive approaches. The figures of speech identified were analysed and translation procedures that would enable them to be translated faithfully were explored, in order to overcome the procedural difficulties faced in translating from English into French. The study helps us to conclude that the translation of figures of speech requires the use of some particular translation approaches and procedures, if the primary intention is to remain accurate to the source text as much as possible. At the end of this study, recommendations have been made on the translation processes best suited to render figures of speech in the target language in order to facilitate the translator's task.