COMMUNICATIVE AND SEMANTIC TRANSLATION OF CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY BY ROALD DAHL

• Authors: Czogala-Kielbon Joanna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to present the practical application of communicative and semantic translation methods on the basis of the two available Polish versions of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' by Roald Dahl: ('Karol i fabryka czekolady' translated in 1998 by Tomasz Wyzynski and 'Charlie i fabryka czekolady' translated in 2004 by Jerzy Lozinski). Through an analysis of selected culture-specific words and expressions present in the original along with different solutions provided by the two translators, an attempt has been made to illustrate the point emphasized by Newmark (1988) that each text can be translated either communicatively or semantically, depending on the needs and expectations of the target readers and the decision of the translator choosing one of those two approaches.

Keywords

EN

COMMUNICATIVE TRANSLATION; CULTURE-SPECIFIC WORDS & EXPRESSIONS; SEMANTIC TRANSLATION; TARGET READERS' NEEDS

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Linguistica Silesiana
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 30
• Pages: 213-222
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Czogala-Kielbon Joanna

• Joanna Czogala-Kielbon, Nauczycielskie Kolegium Jezyków Obcych w Gliwicach, ul. Bojkowska 37, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA069316