'n Seisoen in die paradys by Breyten Breytenbach and its translation, a season in paradise by Rike Vaughan. a descriptive approach focusing on the transfer of meaning in the text.
Date
1995
Authors
Koopman, William
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Abstract
This case study investigates and analyses the transfer of the
socio-political elements of meaning, in the translated text, A
Season in Paradise (1985). The study attempts to discover and
account for any factors which may have impacted on the transfer
of the socio-political elements from the source text. to make the
study as systematic and as objective as possible, an adaptation
of the model of analysis proposed by Lambert and Van Gorp is
used. Lambert and Van Gorp are theorists who fall within the
branch of translation studies called Descriptive Translation
studies. The adaptation of the Lambert and Van Gorp model takes
into account the factors which could have influenced the
translator's reading of the literary text and which could have
impacted on her translation strategy. The macro-analysis
establishes the background to the translation and compares the
physical features and the publishing circumstances of the target
text with that of the source text. It contains a discussion on
any similarities or differences found. On the micro-level,
specific extracts with a socio-political theme are compared using
selected linguistic concepts from Halliday's An Introduction to
Functional Grammar as interpretive tools. The shifts discovered
here were linked to the discoveries made in the macro-level
analysis. It: was determined that prevalent reading strategies at
the time did to a limited extent influence the transfer of the
socio-political elements of meaning present in the text. This
study is done to shed more light on the process of translating
a literary work and the factors which may influence this process.
Description
A Translation project submitted to the Faculty of Arts,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial
fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Arts
(Translation).
Keywords
Breytenbach, Breyten -- Translations., Afrikaans literature -- Translations into English -- Criticism, Textual., Translations., Breytenbach, Breyten. 'N Seisoen In Die Paradys., English literature -- Criticism, Textual.