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Translation or Adaptation?: Parcevals saga as a Result of Cultural Transformation
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 22, Number 1, Spring 2012
- pp. 39-52
- 10.1353/art.2012.0002
- Article
- Additional Information
In a medieval context, it is often difficult to distinguish between a translation and an original work. Is it appropriate to call the Old Norse version of Chrétien de Troyes' Le Conte du Graal a translation? Or do we need entirely new terminology to discuss medieval adaptation, transformation, and translation of texts?