Das Übersetzen von Hörspielen: Cécile Wajsbrots Beaune-la-Rolande auf Deutsch

AbstractThis essay compares Cécile Wajsbrot’s radio drama Beaune-la-Rolande with the German version by Hans Thill. I investigate the formal differences in length and structure between the two dramas, the different ways in which acoustic space and narrative text interact with each other, and the two works’ distinctive textual features, particularly the status of direct speech and the use of foreign languages. My analysis shows that translation problems can be due to language-pair issues, but can also be specific to the medium or the genre of the work, and that even the slightest shifts in meaning occurring in the translation can affect directing decisions.