Background Research for Translation of Different Types of Texts

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Pozadinsko istraživanje za prijevod različitih vrsta tekstova
• Author: Tena Josić
• Mentor: Kristijan Nikolić (mentor)
• Committee member: Alexander Douglas Hoyt (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Kristijan Nikolić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nataša Pavlović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology

Abstract

This thesis comprises five annotated translations, accompanied by a discussion. Excerpts from two books were translated from English into Croatian. The first one was Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival written by Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov, and published in 2010. The second one was A University Education written by David Willets and published in 2017. An excerpt from one book was translated from Croatian into English. The book is called Društvene igre, which was written ba Andrija Škare and published in 2017. The translation assignment also included a brochure “Vodič antičke zbirke” for the Archeological Museum in Zagreb. The final assignment comprised short medical summaries for the website Cochrane Hrvatska. The discussion focused on the background research for translation of different types of texts. The focus was mainly on two texts out of all of those enumerated – Škare’s book Društvene igre and Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival by Hofstede, Hofstede, and Minkov. The reason why these two were chosen is so that the differences between two different types of texts – one that is literary and one that belongs to a more scientific genre and has a specialized purpose – as well as the background research that is needed could be in greater detail exemplified. In some parts, other translations are consulted as well.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj diplomski rad sastoji se od pet prijevoda popraćenih dodatnim komentarima i raspravom. Dijelovi dvije knjige prevedeni su s engleskog jezika na hrvatski. Prvu knjigu, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival, napisali su Geert Hofstede, Jan Gert Hofstede i Michael Minkov, a objavljena je 2010. godine, dok je drugu, A University Education, napisao David Willets te je ona objavljena 2010. godine. Dio knjige Društvene igre autora Andrije Škare (objavljene 2017. godine) preveden je s hrvatskoga na engleski jezik. Jedan od tekstova zadanih za prijevod bila je i još neobjavljena brošura „Vodič antičke zbirke“ Arheološkoga muzeja u Zagrebu. Posljednji zadatak bili su prijevodi kratkih sažetaka medicinskih članaka za web stranicu Cochrane Hrvatska. Tema rasprave jest istraživanje potrebno za prijevode dviju različitih vrsta tekstova. Odabrana su dva teksta – Škarina knjiga Društvene igre i Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for Survival autora Hofstedea, Hofstedea i Minkova. Tekstovi su odabrani kako bi se što detaljnije mogla objasniti razlika između književnih i specijaliziranih tekstova, kao i razlike koje su prisutne u istraživanju prije i tijekom prevođenja tih tekstova. U dijelovima rasprave spominju se i drugi tekstovi koji su tijekom semestra prevođeni.

• Keywords: translation; culture
• Keywords (croatian): prevođenje; kultura
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:014811
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; 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: 2020-02-15 10:36:52