Unique items in translation: Translating 'and' from English into Croatian

master's thesis

• Author: Lucija Vrhovski
• Mentor: Nataša Pavlović (mentor)
• Committee member: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivana Bašić (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: 2019-09-30, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

The translation process entails a variety of cognitive processes, including the unconscious ones. Such an example is the phenomenon according to which translators, due to source language interference, tend to choose translation solutions similar to the source, even if it means neglecting less “obvious”, but possibly more adequate solutions. In this context, the aim of this paper is to test the unique items hypothesis (Tirkkonen-Condit 2002) on translating the English “and”, whose possible Croatian translation solutions, conjunctions “a”, “pa”, “te” are considered unique items. Furthermore, this paper tends to examine the influence of translation skills and time limit on the representation of unique items in translation. The research is conducted on graduate students of English, who take a test comprised of an ENCRO translation task and a cloze test in Croatian. In accordance with the hypothesis mentioned, Croatian unique items are under-represented in translation. Moreover, translators with higher translation skills use more unique items in translation and translators under time pressure use less unique items in translation. The results provided with this research facilitate better understanding of the translation process and highlight the importance of making translators aware of translation procedures in order to improve translation quality.

• Keywords: translation process; source language interference; English; Croatian; unique items
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:550488
• 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: 2019-10-12 09:39:59