Translating Nonsense in Roald Dahl's Children's Books – Bc. Vendula Srničková
Bc. Vendula Srničková
Master's thesis
Translating Nonsense in Roald Dahl's Children's Books
Translating Nonsense in Roald Dahl's Children's Books
Abstract:
Tato diplomová práce se zabývá překladem nonsensu jako literárního prostředku v devíti dětských knihách Roalda Dahla. Cílem práce je poukázat na to, že nonsens je důležitou součástí autorovy tvorby, definovat specifika překládání nonsensu, a to zejména slovních hříček, přirovnání a neologismů, a popsat strategie, které pět českých překladatelů uplatňuje při překladu této významné charakteristiky Dahlových …moreAbstract:
This Master’s thesis deals with the translation of nonsense as a literary device in nine children’s books by Roald Dahl. The aim of the thesis is to demonstrate that nonsense is an important part of Dahl’s work, as well as to define the specifics of translating nonsense, especially puns, similes and neologisms, and to describe the strategies that five Czech translators have employed in the translation …more
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 12. 2014
Identifier:
https://is.muni.cz/th/mtk6b/
Thesis defence
- Date of defence: 29. 1. 2015
- Supervisor: Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
- Reader: Mgr. Filip Krajník, Ph.D.
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SRNIČKOVÁ, Vendula. \textit{Translating Nonsense in Roald Dahl's Children's Books} [online]. Brno, 2014 [cit. 2023-03-21]. Available from: https://theses.cz/id/ae8a0v/. Master's thesis. Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts. Thesis supervisor Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
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Faculty of ArtsMaster programme / field:
Translation and Interpreting / English-language Translation
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