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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; The Translator Revealed: Didacticism, Cultural Mediation and Visions of the Child Reader in Translators' Prefaces; Why Does Children's Literature Need Translations?; No Innocent Act: On the Ethics of Translating for Children; Flying High -- Translation of Children's Literature in East Germany; From Breaktime to Postcards: How Aidan Chambers Goes (Or Does Not Go) Dutch; A Prototypical Approach within Descriptive Translation Studies? Colliding Norms in Translated Children's Literature |
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Translating Cultural Intertextuality in Children's LiteratureTranslating Cultural References: The Language of Young People in Literary Texts; Character Names in Translation: A Functional Approach; Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Translation; Dual Readership and Hidden Subtexts in Children's Literature: The Case of Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories; List of Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Children's classics from Alice in Wonderland to the works of Astrid Lindgren, Roald Dahl, J.K. Rowling and Philip Pullman are now generally recognized as literary achievements that from a translator's point of view are no less demanding than 'serious' (adult) literature. This volume attempts to explore the various challenges posed by the translation of children's literature and at the same time highlight some of the strategies that translators can and do follow when facing these challenges. A variety of translation theories and concepts are put to critical use, including Even-Zohar's polysy |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Children's literature -- Translating
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Verschueren, Walter P
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| ISBN |
9781317640394 |
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131764039X |
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