THE UNTRANSLATABLE MIND: A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF CHARACTER CONSCIOUSNESS IN TRANSLATIONS OF "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"

This article presents a focused psycholinguistic analysis of the core challenge in translating Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: the rendering of character consciousness, particularly that of Elizabeth Bennet. Moving beyond a general examination of stylistic features, it centers on the concept of untranslatability inherent in the novel’s use of free indirect discourse and internal representation. By analyzing strategic translation choices in key passages of psychological revelation, this study argues that what is often perceived as a “loss” in translation is, in fact, evidence of the profound complexity of literary consciousness. The act of translation thus becomes a critical lens through which the untranslatable core of a character’s mind is not erased but strategically negotiated, revealing the necessary and creative compromises that define cross-cultural literary interpretation.