Translation with Commentary: Focusing on Culture-Specific Items

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Prijevod s komentarima s naglaskom na kulturno-specifične pojmove
• Author: Lara Kalšan
• Mentor: Snježana Veselica Majhut (mentor)
• Committee member: Ivana Bašić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Kristijan Nikolić (član 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: 2022-07-05, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This thesis comprises five translations with commentary. Excerpts from three books were translated from English into Croatian (The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, Making Minds: What’s Wrong With Education – and What Should We Do About It? and Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age), and two from Croatian into English (Ekološki otisak: Kako je razvoj zgazio održivost and Iran u prezentu). The commentary focused on culture-specific items and strategies used to translate them. Culture-specific items do not exist in the culture of the target language, so the translator must propose the most fitting interpretation of what is expressed in the source text. Choosing adequate translation strategies is vital for providing clear and faithful translation equivalents.

Abstract (croatian)

Rad se sastoji od pet prijevoda s popratnim komentarima. S engleskog jezika na hrvatski prevedeni su ulomci iz triju knjiga (The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It, Making Minds: What’s Wrong With Education – and What Should We Do About It? i Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age), a s hrvatskog na engleski prevedeni su ulomci iz dviju knjiga (Ekološki otisak: Kako je razvoj zgazio održivost i Iran u prezentu). Komentari su usmjereni na kulturno-specifične pojmove i strategije koje se koriste kod prevođenja istih. Kulturno-specifični pojmovi ne postoje u kulturi ciljnog jezika pa prevoditelj mora predložiti najprikladniju interpretaciju onoga što je izraženo u izvornom tekstu. Odabir odgovarajućih strategija prevođenja ključan je za stvaranje jasnih i vjernih prijevodnih ekvivalenata.

• Keywords: translation; culture-specific items; translation strategies
• Keywords (croatian): prevođenje; kulturno-specifični pojmovi; strategije prevođenja
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:099521
• 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: 2022-07-13 20:04:26