Is it a He or a She? Gender Differences in Italian Translations of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children

• Authors: Rowena Coles
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines how the gender of personification is affected in Italian translations of Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories. It shows how the conflict between natural and grammatical gender may be problematic for the translator and reveals how Italian children, who believe they are reading a text identical to the original, are in fact reading a somewhat different story.

Keywords

EN

gender personification; natural/ grammatical; translation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Gender Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 218-232

Dates

published

2012-12-01

online

2013-02-08

Contributors

author

Rowena Coles

• University of Urbino Via Monte Furlo, 61041 Acqualagna (PU), Italy

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10320-012-0041-6