English Translations of Korczak's Children's Fiction

A Linguistic Perspective
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-38116-5
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 247 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting

This book investigates major linguistic transformations in the translation of children’s literature, focusing on the English-language translations of Janusz Korczak, a Polish-Jewish children’s writer known for his innovative pedagogical methods as the head of a Warsaw orphanage for Jewish children in pre-war Poland. The author outlines fourteen tendencies in translated children’s literature, including mitigation, simplification, stylization, hyperbolization, cultural assimilation and fairytalization, in order to analyse various translations of King Matt the First, Big Business Billy and Kaytek the Wizard. The author then addresses the translators’ treatment of racial issues based on the socio-cultural context. The book will be of use to students and researchers in the field of translation studies, and researchers interested in children’s literature or Janusz Korczak.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borodo, Micha¿

Borodo, Michal

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Übersetzungswissenschaft, Translatologie, Dolmetschen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Language of Translated Children's Fiction: Key Issues.- Chapter 3: Sketching the Context: English Translations of Polish Children's Literature.- Chapter 4: Cultural Assimilation, Foreignization, Fairytalization and Hyperbolization.- Chapter 5: Mitigation, Standardization, Simplification and Explicitation.- Chapter 6: Style and Sociolect: A Corpus-Based Study.- Chapter 7: Formal Literary Style and Modern American Idiom.- Chapter 8: On Cannibals and Savages: Translators' Treatment of Racial Issues.- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Michal Borodo is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Linguistics at the Kazimierz Wielki University, Poland, where he is also the Head of Postgraduate Studies in Translation and Interpreting.