김명순의 번역시 ｢헬렌에게｣ 고찰: 일본어 번역시와의 비교 분석을 중심으로
Kim Myŏng-sun’s Korean translation of Poe’s “To Helen”: A comparative analysis of Korean and Japanese versions
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This study examines Kim Myŏng-sun’s 1922 translation of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “To Helen.” As a pioneering female author in colonial Korea, she was the first to translate Poe’s poetry into Korean. A comparison with Kuriyagawa Hakuson’s Japanese translation reveals that many of the divergences in Kim’s version from the original can be largely attributed to her reliance on the Japanese text. It is also worth noting that the omission of “wanderer bore” and the restructuring of the stanzas appear only in her translation, shifts that foreground Helen’s presence while marginalizing that of the male speaker in the poem. Given that her translated works have often been underappreciated on account of mistranslations, these findings invite a reassessment of her translation as a manifestation of her agency as a female writer in early modern Korea.
Abstract
This study examines Kim Myŏng-sun’s 1922 translation of Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “To Helen.” As a pioneering female author in colonial Korea, she was the first to translate Poe’s poetry into Korean. A comparison with Kuriyagawa Hakuson’s Japanese translation reveals that many of the divergences in Kim’s version from the original can be largely attributed to her reliance on the Japanese text. It is also worth noting that the omission of “wanderer bore” and the restructuring of the stanzas appear only in her translation, shifts that foreground Helen’s presence while marginalizing that of the male speaker in the poem. Given that her translated works have often been underappreciated on account of mistranslations, these findings invite a reassessment of her translation as a manifestation of her agency as a female writer in early modern Korea.