THE TRANSLATION METHODS IN “THE SAGA OF THE ROMANS” APPLIED TO SALLUST’ “JUGURTHINE WAR”

Abstract

The article deals with translation techniques in medieval Scandinavia using the example of the “Saga of the Romans” – a translation of the “Jugurthine War” by Sallust, as well as a number of other ancient Latin works. The author of the article, having selected a representative fragment in terms of the criteria selected by him, compares the Latin original with the Old Norse translation, identifies and clarifies motives of the medieval translator in choosing certain words, expressions or syntactic constructions. The goal of the paper is to show principles of work of a medieval Scandinavian translator from Latin. In addition, the article offers an original method of analyzing translations, which can also be used while working with texts from other eras. In the course of his work, the author used a wide range of sources and literature, including Scandinavian sagas, ancient primary sources, as well as the works of modern historians and philologists. The article will be useful for further analysis of translation techniques in different periods of human history.