DEFIS DE LA TRADUCTION DU THEATRE QUEBECOIS CONTEMPORAIN EN ROUMAIN

Our article provides some reflections on the challenges in translating Canadian French theatrical texts into Romanian. We start from the premise that these texts, due to their artistic purpose, which is to be performed on stage, present enunciative and construction specificities that must be considered in the translation process. This type of adaptation involves a distinct mode of reception as well as other mechanisms of interpretation, which go beyond the simple translation of a literary text. In our opinion, there are two levels in the translation of theatrical texts: the transposition of the source text into a target text and the adaptation, at the moment of the staging, of its interpretation by the actors. In addition, there is the challenge of translating cultural facts and references in the source text. Are they accessible to the target audience? If not, how can they be adapted? Lastly, there are some specificities of translating dramatic texts that concern the translator himself. He may be a professional translator, who will focus his attention on the fidelity of the translation 29 to the original, or a theatre professional (director, actor), who will concentrate mainly on the adaptation process, because he will favour stage representation.