A Pragmatic Stylistics Approach to Translation

The paper focuses on the exploration of inferential processes involved in interpreting texts as one way of applying ideas from pragmatics within the field of stylistics, further extending this interface to translation studies. Providing an accurate evaluation and summary of the main characteristics of the source text, one should be able to reflect the same qualities in the target text. I want to discuss potential applications of stylistic and pragmatic concepts in translation analysis, focusing mainly on the realisations of the Cooperative principle in (literary) translation via particular maxims. Aiming at a comparative perspective in my study, I want to explore specific stylistic and pragmatic aspects, usages and strategies in parallel texts: the source texts in English and the target texts in Slovak. Within this framework some thought-provoking aspects of applying pragmatic principles in (literary) translation will be pointed out.