Translating Vulgar Words from Croatian into English on the Example of Uvjerljivo drugi by Sven Popović

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Prevođenje vulgarizama s hrvatskoga na engleski na primjeru romana Svena Popovića "Uvjerljivo drugi"
• Author: Lara Fabekovec
• Mentor: Ivana Bašić (mentor)
• Committee member: Nataša Pavlović (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivana Bašić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Kristijan Nikolić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This thesis comprises five annotated translations followed by a discussion. Excerpts from three books had to be translated from English into Croatian: This is going to hurt. Secret diaries of a junior doctor by Adam Kay, The Translation of Children's Literature. A Reader by Gillian Lathey and Quantitative research methods in translation and interpreting studies by Christopher Mellinger and Thomas Hanson, and two from Croatian into English: Narodni preporod u Istri (1860–1907) by Antoni Cetnarowicz and Uvjerljivo drugi by Sven Popović.
The topic of the discussion were vulgar expressions that appear in the novel Uvjerljivo drugi by Sven Popović and their translation from Croatian into English. The discussion focused on giving an overview of the strategies that can be used in the process of translating vulgar words and expressions, as well as on analyzing and commenting on the examples of profane language that appear in the novel.

• Keywords: translation; vulgar words; profane language; translation strategies; annotated translation
• Language: english
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:114904
• 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
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• Created on: 2022-02-21 21:31:39