Jean Genet – pudique ou impudique ? Les traductions norvégienne et américaine de Journal du voleur

Abstract
The Norwegian translation of Jean Genet’s Journal du voleur (1948/1949) seems more modest than the common French version, whereas the American translation seems more immodest. The Norwegian translator slightly changed the text in order to avoid Norwegian censorship, while the American translator based his translation on the first French edition of Journal du voleur, which is almost impossible to find in France today and which is more provocative than the common French edition. The translators’ choices are linked to their knowledge of Genet’s literature and their awareness of censorship practices in the country/countries of the target language.
© 2014 Geir Uvsløkk, published by West University of Timisoara
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