„NIE BOJAM SIE CIEBIE” I „JAK BEDE MIOŁ JOJKA” CZYLI O TŁUMACZENIU DIALEKTÓW

• Authors: Andrzejewska Agnieszka

Title variants

EN

On translating dialects

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article attempts to show how challenging it is for a translator to render non-standard speech: dialects, jargons and idiolects used by literary characters. Using a lot of examples from literature and online forums for translators the author shows that strategies employed by translators to translate dialects often bring about unexpectedly negative results, like confusing the reader or exposing the literary character to ridicule in the translation. The article also attempts to suggest the right way to approach translating non-standard speech, namely focusing on the function a given dialect is supposed to perform in the original text, in order to evoke a similar reaction in the reader of the translation as in the recipient of the original.

Keywords

EN

translation; dialect; jargon; equivalence

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk w Przemyślu
• Journal: Rocznik Przemyski
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 2(20): Literatura i Język
• Pages: 157-177

Contributors

author

Andrzejewska Agnieszka