Translating Place and Space: The Soviet Union in North Korean Children’s Literature

Zur, Dafna

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52527-9_5

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“…This may lead to considerable deviations between the original and translated text from the aspects of cultures, languages and geographic space. Further, Zur’s (2020) investigation exemplifies the discrepancies of geographic space in the translation of children’s literature. By comparing the Russian and Korean versions of Flight to the Moon , Zur finds that Korean translators enjoy much freedom by editing and adding spatial content.…”

Section: Space In Translation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 79%

“…It is partly due to its long-neglected position in literary works, subsequently pushing the translated counterpart to a marginalized status. Nevertheless, some recent researchers began to draw interest in the translation issues surrounding space in children’s literature (Zur, 2020), dramas (Wang, 2014), and science fiction (Chen, 2019; De Bleeker, 2014).…”

Section: Space In Translation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Translating Narrative Space in Children’s Fiction Bronze and Sunflower From 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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Section: Space In Translation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 79%

Section: Space In Translation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%