Résumés
Abstract
Children’s literature in the Arab World is impregnated with morality, didactics and a heavy ideological bias, in spite of some attempts for change. Translating for children is, in its turn, governed by the same rules that govern writing for them.Translation is not only a lexical but also a cultural transfer. Adopting some protective cultural measures, while translating for children, becomes inevitable especially if the source and target cultures have little in common.
The Arabian Nights is the first book for children in the Arab world, though not initially meant for them, to be translated into many languages and has become part of international Children’s Classics.
Mots-clés/Keywords:
- children’s literature,
- ideology,
- cultural entity,
- manipulation
Résumé
La littérature pour enfants dans le monde arabe est imprégnée de moralité, de didactique et d’idéologie, bien qu’on témoigne d’une réelle volonté de changement. La traduction pour enfants est gouvernée par les mêmes lois qui gouvernent l’écriture pour eux. La traduction n’est pas seulement un transfert lexical mais aussi culturel. L’adoption de mesures visants la préservation de la spécificité culturelle de chaque pays lors de la traduction pour enfants devient inévitable surtout si la culture source et la culture cible ont peu de choses en commun.
Le premier livre pour enfants dans le monde arabe, les Mille et Une Nuits a été traduit dans plusieurs langues et est un classique pour enfants.
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