Translation with commentary: Focusing on culture-specific items

master's thesis

• Author: Pamela Banović
• Mentor: Ivana Bašić (mentor)
• Committee member: Kristijan Nikolić (predsjednik 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?; Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age), and two from Croatian into English (Ekološki otisak: kako je razvoj zgazio održivost; Iran u prezentu). The commentary focused on culture-specific items and the strategies translators can employ to overcome obstacles arising from the non-correspondence between the source and target languages. The most commonly used procedures for translation of culture-specific items include borrowing, explanation, addition, substitution and omission.

Abstract (croatian)

Rad se sastoji od pet prijevoda s popratnim komentarima: tri su teksta prevedena s engleskoga na hrvatski (The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It; Making Minds: What's wrong with education ⁠– and what should we do about it?; Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age), a preostala dva s hrvatskoga na engleski (Ekološki otisak: kako je razvoj zgazio održivost; Iran u prezentu). Komentari su usmjereni na kulturno-specifične elemente i strategije kojima prevoditelji mogu savladati prepreke u prevođenju koje proizlaze iz nepodudarnosti između izvornog i ciljnog teksta. U najčešće korištene strategije prilikom prevođenja kulturno-specifičnih elemenata spadaju posuđivanje, objašnjenje, dodavanje, zamjena i izostavljanje.

• Keywords: translation; culture-specific items; terminology
• Keywords (croatian): prijevod; kulturno specifični elementi; terminologija
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:690945
• 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: 2023-10-13 01:10:33