Translation and Commentary on a Literary Genre

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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DECLARATION

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ABSTRACT

Due to the wide range of translation aspects that could be unconventionally problematic at the lexical, structural, aesthetic and cultural levels; literary texts and its versatile criteria have been widely examined under the descriptive and prescriptive lens of the Translation Studies. The aim of the study is to determine how translation theories are being used in translation in relevance to the chosen text. For this reason, a translation of a literary genre from English into English would be undertaken. “Birds without Wings” by Louis de Berniere` is the source text chosen for being such a remarkable and exotic work and a very good example of its genre. The reason why the text “Birds without Wings” is chosen is to provide information for various genres of literary because the results of this research will be applied to other literary genres. “Birds without Wings” is a story of a person whose military genius guided him towards the victory against the invading the opponent forces and also reshaping of the whole region. The study will also provide the best translation procedures used and the difficulties in literary translation. The dissertation will be divided into two parts: theoretical and analytical.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTii

DECLARATIONiii

ABSTRACTiv

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Aim of the Study1

Research Questions1

Significance of the Study1

Reason of Choosing the Text “Birds without Wings”2

Dissertation Rationale2

Research Methodology3

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Introduction6

Overview of Literary Translation6

Definition of Literary Translation7

Criteria for Literary Translation8

CHAPTER 3: LITERATURE REVIEW10

Literature Review10

Skopos theory10

Implication of Skopos Theory in “Birds without wings”12

Criticism of Skopos theory13

Polysystem theory14

Polysystem Approach15

Comparison of Polysystems and Skopos theory16

Linkage of Polysystem and Skopos theory16

Best translation procedures used for adequate translation17

Difficulties of Literary Translation18

CHAPTER 4: TRANSLATION BRIEF22

Text Function22

Text Addressees26

Time and Place of Reception30

Medium of Transmission32

Production and Reception of Text35

CHAPTER 5: SOURCE TEXT AND ITS TRANSLATION40

Genre and Textual Analysis40

Socio-cultural40

Scientific texts40

Administrative texts40

Humanistic Texts41

Literary Texts41

Advertising copy41

Digital texts42

Functional42

Informational Text42

Text management42

Text expressive42

Textual Sequences42

Narrative42

Descriptive text43

Scientific texts43

Technical texts43

Social contexts44

Chapter 6: Conclusion46

Limitations of Study46

Ethical Consideration47

Justification50

End Notes52

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Aim of the Study

Due to the wide range of translation aspects that could be unconventionally problematic at the lexical, structural, aesthetic and cultural levels; literary texts and its versatile criteria have been widely examined under the descriptive and prescriptive lens of the Translation Studies.

The study aim is to determine how translation theories are being used in translation in relevance to the chosen text. Other aims of the study are:

To determine the translation procedures which are ...