Fixed Expressions and Culture-specific Phenomena : a translation study of a guidebook

• Main Author: Hansson, Marie
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL 2010
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-8279

The aim of this study is to classify and analyse certain areas of interest that occurred intranslation of parts of the guidebook Edinburgh, published by Phaidon Press. The analysis focuses on the translation of fixed expressions (idioms and metaphors) and culture-specific phenomena (proper nouns and terminology). The theoretical model of Vinay and Darbelnetand the translation strategies by Rune Ingo are used as the basis of the analysis.The analysis of fixed expressions shows that the majority are translated with fixed expressions in the target language, according to Ingo's translation strategies. Some of the fixed expressions in the source text are replaced by regular expressions. A few regular expressions in the source text are replaced by Swedish fixed expressions; two English fixed expressions are translated word for word.The second part of the analysis deals with the translation of culture-specific phenomena, i.e. proper nouns and terminology. The result shows that the procedures borrowing and adaptation, from Vinay and Darbelnet's model, are the most common ways of translating culture-specific phenomena in this study.