Onomatopeia and Poetic Translation: German Onomatopeias in the First French Versions of Bürger’s Lénore 
The translation of onomatopoeia is a highly challenging task in literary and poetic texts. How do translators reproduce/recreate codified sounds which belong to the most specific and intimate part of the source language? Can one still talk about “equivalence”? Comparing different versions of G. A. Bürger’s ballad Lénore which were published in France between 1829 and 1849 provides us with a very significant material giving an insight into various “strategies” of onomatopoetic “reproduction” in French. It also helps understand the role played by such translations in the “renewal” of French romantic poetry, especially in the acceptance of new poetic practices.