Translation with Commentary: Focusing on Humor

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Prijevod s komentarima s naglaskom na humor
• Author: Valentina Bačelić
• Mentor: Snježana Veselica Majhut (mentor)
• Committee member: Vinko Zgaga (predsjednik 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: 2023-07-03, 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 (Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty First Century, The Age of Living Machines), and two from Croatian into English (Spomenici otoka Lopuda od antike do srednjeg vijeka, Blizina svega). The commentary primarily focused on humor, i.e. on various translation strategies I considered and employed during the translation process while bearing in mind aspects such as idiomaticity, the target audience, and, above all, the retention of a humorous effect.

Abstract (croatian)

Ovaj rad sastoji se od pet prijevoda s popratnim komentarima. Ulomci iz triju knjiga prevedeni su s engleskog jezika na hrvatski (Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour, Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the Twenty First Century, The Age of Living Machines), dok su ulomci iz preostalih dviju knjiga prevedeni s hrvatskog jezika na engleski (Spomenici otoka Lopuda od antike do srednjeg vijeka, Blizina svega). U komentarima sam se prvenstveno osvrtala na prijevodne strategije koje sam razmatrala i kojima sam se koristila tijekom procesa prevođenja, a posebnu sam pažnju pridala aspektima poput idiomatičnosti, ciljne publike te, prije svega, zadržavanju humorističnog efekta.

• Keywords: translation; humor; idiomaticity; target audience
• Keywords (croatian): prijevod; humor; idiomatičnost; ciljna publika
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:152520
• 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
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• Created on: 2023-07-18 14:46:26