Translating Children's Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138803763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 162 str.

Gillian Lathey

Opis

Translating Children s Literature is an exploration of the many developmental and linguistic issues related to writing and translating for children, an audience that spans a period of enormous intellectual progress and affective change from birth to adolescence. Lathey looks at a broad range of children s literature, from prose fiction to poetry and picture books. Each of the seven chapters addresses a different aspect of translation for children, covering:

. Narrative style and the challenges of translating the child s voice;

. The translation of cultural markers for young readers;

. Translation of the modern picture book;

. Dialogue, dialect and street language in modern children s literature;

. Read-aloud qualities, wordplay, onomatopoeia and the translation of children s poetry;

. Retranslation, retelling and reworking;

. The role of translation for children within the global publishing and translation industries.

This is the first practical guide to address all aspects of translating children s literature, featuring extracts from commentaries and interviews with published translators of children s literature, as well as examples and case studies across a range of languages and texts. Each chapter includes a set of questions and exercises for students. "

Translating Children s Literature" is essential reading for professional translators, researchers and students on courses in translation studies or children s literature. "

O autorze

Gillian Lathey is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Roehampton, and is a co-founder and judge of the Marsh Award for Children’s Literature in Translation. Publications include The Translation of Children’s Literature: A Reader (Multilingual Matters, 2006) and The Role of Translators in Children’s Literature: Invisible Storytellers (Routledge, 2010).