Flora:Here, here! Onth' porch! Fo' God's sake, quit that twistin'!

Jake:Where have I been since supper?

Jake:Maybe so. Never you mind. Just get that straight an'keep it in your haid. I ain't been off the porch of this house since supper.

Flora:Jake, honey, you've gone out of you' mind!

Jake:I ain't been off th' po'ch.

Jake: Jus'try an' concentrate on what I tell yuh!

Flora:Lemme go! G'damn you, le' go my throat!

Imageryin Translation

Flora: Jake!

Jake: Shhh! Just listen, baby.

Flora: Tell me what?

Flora: Huh!

Jake: I ain't ben off th' front po'ch! Not since supper! Understand that, now?

Flora: But you sure as God was off it! (He twists her hand.) Ouuuu! Stop it, stop it!

Jake: Where have I been? Flora: Porch! Porch! Here!

EXERCISES FOR TRANSLATION

• Read more about Tennessee Williams and his works. Dis­cuss their position in literature.

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________ Практикум по художественному переводу______

• Read this play through to reconstruct the full context of
the fragment.

• Study the characters and suggest the reasons of their be­
haviour.

• Study the vocabulary, grammar and style of the charac­
ters' speech.

• Read the text aloud to feel the rhythm of the play; mark
the timing. •

• Try to imagine what the characters would say if they spoke
Russian.

• Transform the text into a narrative and identify the dif­
ference between the two forms.

• Analyse the vocabulary of the text to identify translation
problems and ways to solve them.

• Analyse the grammar of the text to identify the transla­
tion problems and ways to solve them.

• Assess stylistic devices used in the source text that may
or may not be reconstructed in Russian.

• Translate the text as a narrative form.

• Translate the text as a play and see if the source rhythmic
pattern is appropriately retained in Russian.

• Discuss the result.

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