Translation with commentary: focusing on creativity in translation

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Prijevod s komentarima s naglaskom na kreativnost u prevođenju
• Author: Zoran Dugorepec
• Mentor: Vinko Zgaga (mentor)
• Committee member: Kristijan Nikolić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Nataša Pavlović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vinko Zgaga (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2023-07-04, 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, those being: Watching the English. The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox; Sociology Beyond Societies. Mobilities for the Twenty First Century by John Urry; and The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution by Susan Hockfield. Furthermore, excerpts from two books were translated from Croatian into English, those being: Spomenici otoka Lopuda od antike do srednjeg vijeka by authors Ivana Tomas and Maja Zeman; and Nasmijati psa i sedam novih priča by Olja Savičević Ivančević.
The commentary focused on a couple of problematic situations that arose during the translation process. Terminology was the most abundant issue in these translations, whether that be due to lexical gaps, or just not understanding well enough the field that the text dealt with, which required further investigation that produced potentially interesting results. Differences between English and Croatian syntax were also touched upon, as well as minor changes in registers of some texts. However, one part of translation, that was overlooked at first, was the amount of changes the translator needed to input, which naturally led to analyzing the creative aspect of translation and how translators shape the text to conform to their own language.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj diplomski rad sastoji se od pet prijevoda s komentarima. S engleskog na hrvatski jezik prevedeni su ulomci iz triju knjiga, a to su: Watching the English. The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour autorice Kate Fox; Sociology Beyond Societies. Mobilities for the Twenty First Century autora Johna Urryja; i The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution autorice Susan Hockfield. Nadalje, s hrvatskoga na engleski jezik prevedeni su ulomci iz dviju knjiga, i to: Spomenici otoka Lopuda od antike do srednjeg vijeka autorica Ivane Tomas i Maje Zeman; i Nasmijati psa i sedam novih priča autorice Olje Savičević Ivančević.
U komentarima se predstavlja i objašnjava nekoliko problematičnih situacija do kojih je došlo tijekom procesa prevođenja. U ovim prijevodima, te su se situacije najviše odnosile na terminologiju, bilo da je to zbog leksičkih praznina ili jednostavno nedovoljnog razumijevanja područja kojim se tekst bavio, što je zahtijevalo daljnje istraživanje koje je dovelo do potencijalno zanimljivih rezultata. Dotaknute su i razlike između engleske i hrvatske sintakse, kao i manje izmjene u registrima pojedinih tekstova. Međutim, jedan dio prijevoda, koji je isprva bio zanemaren, bila je količina promjena koje prevoditelj treba unijeti u tekst, što je dovelo do analize kreativnog aspekta prijevoda i načina na koji prevoditelji oblikuju tekst kako bi bio u skladu s njihovim vlastitim jezikom.

• Keywords: translation; translating; creativity; terminology; translator
• Keywords (croatian): prijevod; prevođenje; kreativnost; terminologija; prevoditelj
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:480937
• 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
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Access restricted to students and staff of home institution
• Created on: 2023-07-15 09:44:56