Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World

Vidak, Dunja

master's thesis

Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World

Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. urn:nbn:hr:142:353196

Vidak, Dunja

Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Vidak, D. (2014). Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:353196

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Vidak, Dunja. "Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:353196

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Vidak, D. (2014). 'Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 25 November 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:353196

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Vidak D. Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2014 [cited 2024 November 25] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:353196

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D. Vidak, "Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2014. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:353196

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Title	Translating Features of Short Stories: A Case Study of Ernest Hemingway's The Capital of the World
Title (croatian)	Prevođenje elemenata kratkih priča: analiza 'Prijestolnice svijeta' Ernesta Hemingwaya
Author	Dunja Vidak
Mentor	Marija Omazić (mentor)
Mentor	Romana Čačija (sumentor)
Committee member	Goran Schmidt (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee member	Alma Vančura (član povjerenstva)
Committee member	Marija Omazić (član povjerenstva)
Granter	Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of English Language and Literature) Osijek
Defense date and country	2014-06-27, Croatia
Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline	HUMANISTIC SCIENCES Philology Anglistics
Abstract	This paper deals with the analysis of my own translation of the story The Capital of the World, taken from the collection The Complete Short Stories by Ernest Hemingway. During the process of translation from English into Croatian we have dealt with certain linguistic and cultural issues which may present obstacles or challenges when translated in the target language. We have presented several methods of literary translation and strategies dealing with non-equivalence in the source and the target language, as well as ambiguity in translation. The most frequently used translation strategies in this paper are translation by cultural substitution, translation by paraphrase using a related word, and translation by omission. Taking into account the setting of Hemingways short story, as well as the introduction of the third language (Spanish), the paper has proved that dealing with culture in translation is of the same importance as the content and the message being translated. By introducing the reader to the general elements of the short story and Hemingways specific style of writing, it becomes noticeable that Hemingways use of adjectives and long sentences are the aspects that have been found most challenging in translating into Croatian. We have mostly focused on the challenges in translation of physical appearance, the usage of compound adjectives (animal-related adjectives) and their function in the target language, as well as comparison, and dealing with long sentences. This paper also focuses on literal translation and exploring the methods and strategies of translation that make as few changes as possible to the authors style in the target language, in this case, Croatian.
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Language	croatian
URN:NBN	urn:nbn:hr:142:353196
Study programme	Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology Course: Teacher Training Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programme	Title: Pedagogy (double major) Study programme type: university Study level: graduate Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra pedagogije (magistar/magistra pedagogije)
Type of resource	Text
File origin	Born digital
Access conditions	Open access
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