William Shakespeare nelle traduzioni italiane di Goffredo Raponi

Abstract

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE IN ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS BY GOFFREDO RAPONI

The article analyses selected Italian translations of Shakespeare’s dramas. The translations by Goffredo Raponi are characterized by a certain degree of freedom in lexical choices, often determined only by the needs of versified translation. The use of 11- and 7-syllable lines in translating Shakespeare’s dactylic pentameters results in a pleasant rhythm for Italian readers, although it sometimes leads to inaccuracy in interpretation of the original. Nevertheless, the translator skilfully renders the numerous register changes in the original works. A number of translator’s notes, often in the form of commentaries of a historico-literary character, is also a common feature of Raponi’s translations.