Empathy in Literary Translation: A descriptive study about the importance of empathy in the translation of literary texts

Diplôme Master Empathy in Literary Translation: A descriptive study about the importance of empathy in the translation of literary texts ara 2025 author Raad Vanessa 963880 director Halimi Mallem Ismahene Sonia 0000-0002-2105-7466 88483 Services communs du département de traduction (TRACO) This study investigates the importance of empathy in literary translation and aims to prove, from a descriptive standpoint, that empathy is a prominent skill in literary translators. Empathy is defined as the ability to feel with others and understand their perspectives. It is one of the 5 components of Emotional Intelligence (EI), which refers to people’s ability to discern emotional nuances and use their awareness of emotions to better guide their actions. Since literary works are deeply emotive, translators working in this field ought to have a deep understanding of emotions, so that they can accurately convey the emotional dimension of the source text in their translation. This study concludes that literary translators possess a high level of empathy because of the nature of their work which requires them to be avid readers, creative problem-solvers, writers and cultural mediators, all of which are deeply connected with the skill of empathy. Emotions Emotional Intelligence Empathy Literary Translation Psychology Dewey 418.02 Maîtrise universitaire en traduction spécialisée 111 Département de traduction 91 false dc3b1256-64e6-43e9-8287-551644b210ca Master thesis Restricted RaadVanessa_Memoire_2025_Version_Fi.pdf 1362184 application/pdf 9428622087a4afd28a00a897dba268610674ff777a3d5cd58c494a247fc78fba restrictedAccess Faculté de traduction et d'interprétation / Département de traduction

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