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О переводе и комментарии пьес театра Кабуки
The title of article had turned out after reflection on such method
of philological research as commentary. Scientists always work on commentary of
translated texts from Japanese. Thus, we decided to analyze current method based
on our own translations of Kabuki dramatical texts. We set a large-scale
framework for what is commented on, and the addressee of the commentary is
logically formed from this framework for us. In case of dramatic texts of the
Kabuki theater such an addressee is a person who is interested not only in Japan or
Japanese theater, but any person, no matter how much interested in the proposed
topic. This is our idealized addressee, but it is not always possible to count on the
translated text to be read by those who know the Japanese medieval theatrical
context as well. From our analysis of translations of Japanese dramatic texts from
Kabuki theater, three distinct types of commentary have emerged: “vocabulary” or
explanatory notes; historical and cultural commentary; commentary on
intertextuality. In current article we will provide examples of each type of
commentary, based on translations of the following plays: Narukami (鳴神, “The
Thunder God”), Shibaraku (暫く, “Wait a minute!”) and Kanjinchō (勧進帳, “The
Subscription List”).
