Translation with commentary: focusing on semantics and terminology

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Prijevod s komentarima s posebnim naglaskom na semantiku i terminologiju
• Author: Dominik Kiseljak
• Mentor: Snježana Veselica Majhut (mentor)
• Committee member: Kristijan Nikolić (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nataša Pavlović (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2024-07-01, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This thesis comprises of five translations with commentary regarding the translation process. Three of the five texts were translated from English into Croatian, and those include the following: Caroline Eden’s Red Sands, Reportage and Recipes through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland, Perry Nodleman’s The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature and Jeanette Winterson’s 12 Bytes. How we got here. Where we might go next. Two of the five texts were translated from Croatian into English, and those include the following: Nikolina Topić’s Staklo u Dubrovačkoj republici. U svijetlu arheoloških nalaza and Roman Simić’s Iva, do Mjeseca i natrag. The commentary focused on numerous translation issues and difficulties regarding the semantics and terminology when translating the texts. Some difficulties described are of the morpho-syntactic nature, such as translating words not part of the Latin alphabet system. Other difficulties relate to terminology, such as how to translate professional terminology connected to a specific field of study.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj se diplomski rad sastoji od pet prijevoda uz komentare o samom prijevodnom procesu. Tri teksta prevedena su s engleskog jezika na hrvatski, a to su sljedeći: Red Sands, Reportage and Recipes through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland od Caroline Eden, The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature od Perrya Nodelmana i 12 Bytes. How we got here. Where we might go next od Jeanette Winterson. Dva teksta prevedena su s hrvatskog jezika na engleski, a to su sljedeći: Staklo u Dubrovačkoj republici. U svijetlu arheoloških nalaza od Nikoline Topić i Iva, do Mjeseca i natrag od Romana Simića. Komentari se osvrću na probleme i poteškoće tokom prevođenja, s naglaskom na semantiku i terminologiju. Neke od poteškoća odnose se na morfologiju i sintaksu, kao primjerice prevođenje imena i riječi koje izvorno nisu dio latinice. Ostale poteškoće odnose se na problem prevođenja terminologije, kao što je primjerice stručna terminologija koja je usko povezana uz određenu disciplinu.

• Keywords: translation; English; Croatian; semantics; terminology
• Keywords (croatian): prijevod; engleski jezik; hrvatski jezik; semantika; terminologija
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:331458
• 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: Access restricted to students and staff of home institution
• Created on: 2024-07-16 11:12:10