Translating the Untranslatable: The Case of Czech-German and Czech English Code-switching

• Authors: Martin Konvička

Title variants

PL

Translating the Untranslatable: The Case of Czech-German and Czech English Code-switching.

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of code-switching by looking at it from the point of view of translation studies. In doing so, the article addresses the general issue of untranslatability as well. Both theoretical topics are discussed using the example of the German translation of the Czech novel Konec punku v Helsinkách written by Jaroslav Rudiš. The aim of the article is to identify the different compensation strategies used to translate the untranslatable, i.e., the Czech-German and Czech-English code-switching in the novel.

PL

The article offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of code-switching by looking at it from the point ofview of translation studies. In doing so, the article addresses the general issue of untranslatability as well. Boththeoretical topics are discussed using the example of the German translation of the Czech novel Konec punkuv Helsinkách written by Jaroslav Rudiš. The aim of the article is to identify the different compensation strategiesused to translate the untranslatable, i.e., the Czech-German and Czech-English code-switching in the novel.

Keywords

EN

Code-switching; literary translation; Czech; German; English; Jaroslav Rudiš; Konec Punku v Helsinkách; Code-switching; literary translation; Czech; German; English; Jaroslav Rudiš; Konec Punku v Helsinkách

PL

Code-switching; literary translation; Czech; German; English; Jaroslav Rudiš; Konec Punku v Helsinkách

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Slavia Occidentalis
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 71/1
• Pages: 13-25

Dates

published

2014-06-14

Contributors

author

Martin Konvička

• Berlin/Ołomuniec

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/so.2014.71.02