Translation of culture-specific items in “Matilda” by Roald Dahl

master's thesis

• Author: Tin Baborsky
• Mentor: Lovorka Zergollern-Miletić (mentor)
• Committee member: Lovorka Zergollern-Miletić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Marija Andraka (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Smiljana Narančić-Kovač (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Teacher Education; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2021-09-14, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology

Abstract

Translation of culture-specific items is one of the biggest challenges for translators. Today, there is a great deal of various classifications of translation procedures for culture-specific items, while all of them are based on Vinay and Darbelnet’s classification of translation procedures. Vinay and Darbelnet were a pair of French scholars that worked within text-oriented approach, whose main concept is equivalence. We might say that, literary works are packed with culture-specific items such as personal names, food and beverages, politics, clothing etc., and are a part of author’s source culture. The aim of this thesis is to determine which translations procedures for translating culture-specific items were employed in the Croatian translation of the children’s novel Matilda written by the famous British author Roald Dahl, and to how the choice of the procedures influences the general orientation of the target text. The analysis is composed of four categories in which the following culture-specific items were organized: personal names and surnames, geographical names, food and beverages, measures and currency. The results have shown that the most frequent procedures in the Croatian translation of Matilda were phonological replacement and substitution, while in translating measures and currency the most frequent procedure was cultural equivalent. Both procedures are typical for orientation towards the target culture. On the other hand, the most frequent procedures in translating geographical names, food and beverages were omission and descriptive translation using hypernyms.

Abstract (croatian)

Prevođenje elemenata kulture jedan je od najvećih izazova za prevoditelje. Danas postoji niz različitih podjela postupaka za prevođenje upravo tih pojmova, a sve su zasnovane na Vinayevoj i Darbelnetovoj podjeli prijevodnih postupaka (posuđivanje, kalk, doslovan prijevod, transpozicija, modulacija, ekvivalencija i adaptacija). Vinay i Darbelnet bili su francuski prevoditeljski stručnjaci koji su pripadali pristupu orijentiranom na izvorni tekst, čiji je glavni koncept bio ekvivalencija. Mogli bismo reći da književna djela obiluju elementima kulture kao što su osobna imena, hrana i piće, politika, odjeća, a pripadaju piščevoj izvornoj kulturi. Cilj je ovoga rada odrediti koji su prijevodni postupci elemenata kulture prisutni u hrvatskome prijevodu dječjeg romana Matilda britanskoga autora Roalda Dahla, te kako taj izbor utječe na orijentiranost ciljnoga teksta. Analiza se sastoji od četiri kategorije u kojima su analizirani sljedeći elementi kulture: osobna imena i prezimena, zemljopisna imena, hrana i piće te mjere i valute. Rezultati analize pokazali su da su u hrvatskome prijevodu Matilde pri prevođenju imena i prezimena najčešći postupci fonološka zamjena i supstitucija, dok je u prijevodu mjera i valuta najčešći postupak kulturni ekvivalent. Oba postupka karakteristična su za orijentaciju ciljnog teksta prema ciljnoj kulturi. Nasuprot tome, najčešći postupci u prevođenju zemljopisnih imena te hrane i pića su izostavljanje i opisni prijevod podređenim pojmom.

• Keywords: translation; culture-specific items; equivalence; translation procedures; translation orientation
• Keywords (croatian): prijevod; elementi kulture; ekvivalencija; prijevodni postupci; orijentacija prijevoda
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:147:139016
• Study programme: Title: Integrated undergraduated university study with english language and german language; specializations in: English language, Deutsche sprache; Course: English language; Study programme type: university; Study level: integrated undergraduate and graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja (magistar/magistra primarnog obrazovanja)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-07-08 10:19:25