A comparative study of information change in translation of nonfiction literature

The present paper compares translations from Russian into Finnish, Swedish, and English of a work political non-fiction, Всякремлевскаярать: КраткаяисториясовременнойРоссии(lit. All the Kremlin men: A short history contemporary Russia) by Mikhail Zygar (2016a) investigates use information change as translation strategy. Information covers addition omission non-inferable content, used either separately or sequentially (i.e. following resulting in substitution). De Metsenaere’s Vandepitte’s (2017) notions are applied. study shows that Finnish Swedish exhibit similarly infrequent changing strategies while appears more liberal their use. Possible reasons for additions, omissions, substitutions, effects discussed, is potential impact on norms