Translation of wordplay in Tom Stoppard's "Travesties"

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Prevođenje igara riječi u "Travestijama" Toma Stopparda
• Author: Nina Matošević
• Mentor: Nataša Pavlović (mentor)
• Committee member: Anda Bukvić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Vinko Zgaga (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: 2019-12-06, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

This work analyses the translation of wordplay in the parallel corpus of Tom Stoppard’s play Travesties and its translation into Croatian. The translation of wordplay is analysed according to Dirk Delabastita’s classification of translation strategies for wordplay translation. The main goal of the study is to determine whether wordplay is retained in the target text or whether it is omitted. This is determined based on the qualitative analysis of wordplay according to Dealabastita’s strategies and on the quantitative analysis of each translation strategy in order to determine which strategy was most often used. Also, all identified instances of wordplay are determined according to the type of wordplay based on its main principle of formation. Since Travesties is a play containing numerous examples of intertextuality and citations of other literary works, the most prominent of them being James Joyce’s Ulysses, this work also analyses the translation of Joyce’s wordplay incorporated into Travesties and compares it to the previously published translation of Ulysses into Croatian. The results show that both tendencies of retaining and omitting wordplay in the target text are present, but that wordplay is most often translated by wordplay. The translation of Joyce’s wordplay is, however, not based on the previous translation of Ulysses.

Abstract (croatian)

U ovome radu analizira se prevođenje igre riječi u paralelnom korpusu sastavljenom od drame Travestije (eng. Travesties) autora Toma Stopparda i njezina hrvatskoga prijevoda. Prevođenje igre riječi analizira se na temelju klasifikacije prijevodnih strategija za prevođenje igre riječi Dirka Delabastite. Cilj ovoga rada jest istražiti da li je igra riječi u prijevodu zadržana ili se gubi. Postupci analize uključuju kvalitativnu analizu određivanja tipa prevođenja igre riječi prema Delabastitinim strategijama te kvantitativnu analizu za pojedinačne strategije kako bi se odredilo koja je prijevodna strategija najzastupljenija. Sve pronađene igre riječi također su klasificirane prema vrsti igre riječi. Budući da je jedan od ključnih književnih postupaka u drami Travestije intertekstualnost i citatnost spram drugih književnih djela, što između ostalog uključuje citate iz romana Uliks Jamesa Joycea, u ovome se radu također analizira prevođenje Joyceovih igri riječi unutar citata preuzetih iz Uliksa te se prijevod uspoređuje s dotadašnjih prijevodom Uliksa na hrvatski jezik. Rezultati istraživanja upućuju na zastupljenost prijevodnih postupaka koji zadržavaju igru riječi, ali i onih u kojima se ona gubi. S druge strane, prijevod Joyceovih igri riječi ne temelji se na dotadašnjem prijevodu Uliksa.

• Keywords: wordplay; translation; drama; intertextuality; Stoppard; Joyce
• Keywords (croatian): igra riječi; prevođenje; drama; intertekstualnost; Stoppard; Joyce
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:761174
• 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: 2020-01-25 10:22:18