Deforming Tendencies in the Transfer of Proper Nouns in Fantastic Literature: A Case Study

There are various procedures proposed by translation scholars for translating proper nouns. However, there is still a strong tendency among most Persian translators to transfer (tronscribe, transliterate, copy) proper nouns in fantostic novels . Some studies have been carried out on such tendency or the various procedures available but none has focused on the metaphoric and iconic functions of proper nouns. Studying the translation procedures adopted by Saeed Kebriai and Morteza Madaninezhad in translating Harry Potter and the Sorcererʹs Stone novel into Persian, the present paper attempts to explore the transfer of proper nouns in terms of two o f Bermanʹs deforming tendencies; qualitative impoverishment and the destruction of underlying networks of signification