Translating children’s literature: some insights from corpus stylistics

Čermáková, Anna

doi:10.5007/2175-8026.2018v71n1p117

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“…This is probably because style is an elusive concept in translation studies and, at the same time, stylistic research seems to focus more on literary works in a particular language (Boase-Beier, 2020; Huang, 2015; Lin, 2014). The present study, in line with recent studies on corpus stylistic approaches to translation, for example, Čermáková (2018), Johnson (2016) and Mastropierro (2018), seeks to demonstrate that the approach can systematically identify colour words and their textual patterns as a major stylistic feature of GG and that it can benefit, especially when combined with cognitive perspectives, literary translation, both as a practice and as a scholarly pursuit.…”

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confidence: 53%

Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

Wijitsopon

2022

Language and Literature

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The present study adopts a corpus stylistic approach to: (1) examine a relationship between textual patterns of colour words in The Great Gatsby and their symbolic interpretations and (2) investigate the ways those patterns are handled in Thai translations. Distribution and co-occurrence patterns were analysed for colour words that are key in the novel: white, grey, yellow and lavender. The density and frequent patterns of each word are argued to foreground an association between the colour word and particular concepts, pointing to symbolic meaning potentials related to the novel’s themes of socioeconomic inequality and destructive wealth. The textual patterns are compared with what occurs in three Thai translations of the novel. While most of the colour images are directly translated, non-equivalents tend to be applied to figurative uses of the colour terms. This results in some changes in textual patterns of the colour words in the translated texts, which can in turn affect readers’ interpretations of colour symbolism in the novel.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 53%

Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

Wijitsopon

2022

Language and Literature

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“…In children's literature studies, stylistic analyses have mostly been conducted to study differences in translations (Sikorska, 2013;Rudvin, 1994;Alvstad, 2010;Čermáková, 2018;Malmkjaer, 2018;Toolan, 2018). We argue that computer-aided stylometry also provides a promising strategy for an inquiry into the work of crossover writers.…”

Section: Stylometric Methodsmentioning

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A style for every age: A stylometric inquiry into crosswriters for children, adolescents and adults

Haverals

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Joosen

2022

Language and Literature

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In the field of children’s literature studies, much attention has been devoted to investigating differences between children’s and adult literature. Works of crosswriters, authors who write for both readerships in different works, are an excellent source for this research. This article applies stylometry, the computational method of analysing style, to the oeuvres of 10 Dutch and English crosswriters to trace potential differences in their individual style and similarities between the authors. The analyses also take into account the age of the intended reader (as listed in the paratext) and the publication date, to study the influence these aspects have on writing style. Four case studies zoom in on a specific author or age category of the intended readership to study general tendencies as well as outliers. The results from the stylometric analyses are complemented with peritextual information about the author’s view on style and writing for readerships of different ages. The main conclusion drawn from the case studies is that the style of the texts usually correlates more strongly with the age of the intended reader than with the time period in which it was written. Young adult literature clusters more closely with adult literature. The style associated with a younger readership is distinct in the oeuvres of most authors studied in this article and even transcends the differences between authors.

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“…Children’s literature is always characterized by the didactic nature, the dual readership, the simplicity at narrative and discoursal levels, and the asymmetrical communication between the reader and the writer (Čermáková, 2018). However, this view seems to ignore the role of space which is underlined by Nikolajeva (2016), arguing that “among the significant features of modern children’s literature is the daring use of time and space relations” (p. 9).…”

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Translating Narrative Space in Children’s FictionBronze and SunflowerFrom Chinese to English

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Translating narrative space is a necessity due to its fundamental role in children’s literature. To date, studies have shown that efforts to examine the strategy in rendering the space issues in children’s literature translation remain scarce. Responding to that, the paper aims to explore how narrative space is transferred from one language to another. The theoretical framework is based on Ryan et al.’s model of narrative space and Baker’s framing strategies. A qualitative approach is designed to study the renowned Chinese children’s literature Bronze and Sunflower and its English version. A total of 146 examples are purposively selected as the samples. The findings show that selective appropriation is the most frequently used framing strategy. Also, it is observed that the translator prefers to omit some repeated settings and descriptions of spatial frames even though the source text elaborates them, consequently softening the sense of space in the target context. The findings may provide new insights into a better understanding of spatial issues in the translation of children’s literature.

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Translating children’s literature: some insights from corpus stylistics

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

A style for every age: A stylometric inquiry into crosswriters for children, adolescents and adults

Translating Narrative Space in Children’s FictionBronze and SunflowerFrom Chinese to English

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