Essays about: "Literary dialect"
Found 3 essays containing the words Literary dialect.
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1. Twisting the standard : Non-standard language in literature and translation from English to Swedish
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : Non-standard language, or dialect, often serves a specific purpose in a literary work and it is therefore a challenge for any translator to recreate the non-standard language of the source text into a target language. There are different linguistic tools an author can use in order to convey non-standard language, and the same is true for a translator – who can choose from different strategies when tasked with the challenge of translating dialectal features. READ MORE
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2. A Struggle for Independence: A Young Woman’s Coming of Age as National Allegory in Laṭīfa al-Zayyāt’s al-Bāb al-maftūḥ
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArabiskaAbstract : Without question, Laṭīfa al-Zayyāt (1923-96), ranks among the most important Egyptian and Arab writers, critics, and activists of the 20th century. Published in 1960, her breakthrough novel al-Bāb al-maftūḥ [The Open Door] chronicles the emotional, psychological, and political growth of Layla, daughter of a conservative, Egyptian middle-class family. READ MORE
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3. Translations of the Caribbean: at words' end? : A Study of the Translation of Literary Dialect in A State of Independence
University essay from Engelska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this study was to identify the strategies used to render the literary dialect in A State of Independence into the Swedish translation. In order to systematically study the translation solutions, a number of ‘coupled pairs’ consisting of source text ‘problems’ and target text ‘solutions’ were extracted from the original text and the translation. READ MORE
