Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature
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In: Anuario de investigación en literatura infantil y juvenil, Vol. 1, 2003, p. 151-165.
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T1 - Narratology meets translation studies, or, the voice of the translator in children's literature
AU - O'Sullivan, Emer
N1 - Reprint
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - When critics identify ‘manipulations’ in translations, these are often described and analysed in terms of the differing norms governing the source and the target languages, cultures and literatures. This article focuses on the agent of the translation, the translator, and her/his presence in the translated text. It presents a theoretical and analytical tool, a communicative model of translation, using the category of the implied translator, the creator of a new text for readers of the target text. This model links the theoretical fields of narratology and translation studies and helps to identify the agent of ‘change’ and the level of communication in which the most significant modifications take place. It is a model applicable to all translated narrated literature but, as examples illustrate, due to the asymmetrical communication in and around children’s literature, the implied translator as he/she becomes visible or audible as the narrator of the translation, is particularly tangible in translated children’s literature.
AB - When critics identify ‘manipulations’ in translations, these are often described and analysed in terms of the differing norms governing the source and the target languages, cultures and literatures. This article focuses on the agent of the translation, the translator, and her/his presence in the translated text. It presents a theoretical and analytical tool, a communicative model of translation, using the category of the implied translator, the creator of a new text for readers of the target text. This model links the theoretical fields of narratology and translation studies and helps to identify the agent of ‘change’ and the level of communication in which the most significant modifications take place. It is a model applicable to all translated narrated literature but, as examples illustrate, due to the asymmetrical communication in and around children’s literature, the implied translator as he/she becomes visible or audible as the narrator of the translation, is particularly tangible in translated children’s literature.
KW - English
KW - Literature studies
KW - translation studies
KW - narratology
KW - impplied translator
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 1
SP - 151
EP - 165
JO - Anuario de investigación en literatura infantil y juvenil
JF - Anuario de investigación en literatura infantil y juvenil
SN - 1578-6072
ER -