Global Journal of Human-Social Science, A: Arts and Humanities, Volume 22 Issue 5

© 2022. Ijioma, Patricia Ngozi. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Translating Poetry into Indigenous Languages: The Case of Igbo Language By Ijioma, Patricia Ngozi Abstract- Poetry belongs to the literary genres. It is characterized by imagery, flowery expressions, emotions, proverbs, idioms etc. Most times, it is connotative and subject to many interpretations. Each poem conveys a particular message, formulated in words specific to a language and culture. Poetry, therefore, is deeply rooted in culture and no two cultures are the same. Translating a poem from one language to into the framework of a totally different language gives cumbersome results. All these factors make the translation of poetry an uphill task and requires a great deal of rigor. Translation of poetry is a recreation of the source language (SL) poetry in the target language (TL). The dilemma of a translator of poetry is then how to recreate the poem of the source language to the target language while maintaining the structures of source language poem: rhyme, rhythm, meter etc. The structural differences between languages constitute another bottleneck for the translator. The challenges become more complicated when working with two languages, English and Igbo languages that are very wide apart in areas of development, structures, worldviews and cultures. Keywords: culture, fidelity, poetry, literary translation. GJHSS-A Classification: DDC Code: 370.1523 LCC Code: LB1060 TranslatingPoetryintoIndigenousLanguagesTheCaseofIgboLanguage Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: A Arts & Humanities - Psychology Volume 22 Issue 5 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: