Essays about: "Jennifer Nykänen"

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  1. 1. Roald Dahl’s The BFG in Translation : The lexically creative idiolect of "the BFG" and its translation into Japanese

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

    Author : Jennifer Nykänen; [2018]
    Keywords : Japanese; translation; challenges; strategies; neologism; allusion; wordplay; The BFG; Roald Dahl; idiolect; expressive language;

    Abstract : A translator works as a mediator between an original work that has been written in one language, a source text, and those who will be the audience of the translation, or, in other words, the target text. Translating a text is often a challenging task, as the translator must keep in mind both the source text and its author’s intentions with the text, and also its intended audience, but also keep in mind the target audience of the target text. READ MORE