The Effect of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" on Pirate Terminology in Croatian Translations

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Utjecaj "Pirata s Kariba" na gusarsku terminologiju u hrvatskim prijevodima
• Author: Teo Francišković
• Mentor: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević (mentor)
• Committee member: Nataša Pavlović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Snježana Veselica Majhut (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-04-03, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

The paper examines the translation of the English word pirate/piracy into Croatian using the Croatian words pirat(stvo) and gusar(stvo), more specifically it examines how the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise caused a change from the previous translation norm in which gusar(stvo) was the single dominant word. The research focuses on written texts translated from English into Croatian, ranging from literary works of fiction to research and encyclopedic books related to the topic of piracy divided into two time periods: before the release of the film in 2003, and after the release. The results show that the works translated before 2003 used gusar(stvo) as the preferred translation of pirate/piracy, whereas pirat(stvo) became more frequent in Croatian translations after that period, suggesting that the franchise caused translation norms to change. Given that the two lexical items are not absolute synonyms and differ in meaning, whereby the word pirat is the actual formal equivalent of pirate and the word gusar is the formal equivalent of the English word privateer, the fact that the gusar = pirate pattern existed and continues to exist indicates that the translation of these lexical items – when it comes to literary works – abides primarily by informal equivalence.

Abstract (croatian)

Istraživanje se bavi prijevodom engleske riječi pirate/piracy na hrvatski jezik pomoću riječi pirat(stvo) i gusar(stvo), tj. istražuje se na koji je način filmski serijal "Pirati s Kariba" izazvao odmak od prijašnje prijevodne norme u kojoj je dominirala riječ gusar(stvo). Istraživanje se usredotočuje na pismene tekstove prevedene s engleskog na hrvatski, kako na književna djela beletristike, tako i znanstveno-enciklopedijske knjige koje se bave gusarskom tematikom, te ih dijeli na dva perioda: djela prevedena prije i nakon 2003., godine kada je serijal nastao. Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da se gusar(stvo) koristi kao jedini prijevod leksičke jedinice pirate/piracy u hrvatskim prijevodima do izlaska franšize 2003., a riječ pirat(stvo) postaje frekventnija u prijevodima nakon tog razdoblja, iz čega se može zaključiti da su se zbog serijala promijenile prijevodne norme. Obzirom da ove leksičke jedinice nisu apsolutni sinonimi, već postoji razlika u njihovu značenju, što čini riječ pirat stvarnim formalnim ekvivalentom riječi pirate, a riječ gusar formalnim ekvivalentom engleske riječi privateer, činjenica da gusar = pirate obrazac uopće postoji sugerira da se prijevod ovih leksičkih jedinica – barem što se tiče prijevoda književnih djela – ponajprije vodi neformalnom ekvivalencijom.

• Keywords: pirat(stvo) / gusar(stvo); translation; translation norms; equivalence
• Keywords (croatian): pirat(stvo) / gusar(stvo); prijevod; prijevodne norme; ekvivalencija
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:795133
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation; Course: Translation; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2024-04-08 17:02:47