Translating Proper Names in a Literary Text
A Case of Harry Potter Novel in Vietnam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23038455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trieu Thu Hang (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | VNU Journal of Foreign Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2525-2445 • E-ISSN: 2525-2445 |
| Publisher | Vietnam National University of Languages and International Studies (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.25073/2525-2445/vnufs.4245 |
| OpenAlex | W2799619184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Translating literary proper names is regarded as one of the challenging but inspiring issues in the field of Translation Studies. Given this context, the present paper aims to analyze the strategies undertaken by the translator when rendering proper names from the English literary text “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (2014) into its Vietnamese translation “Harry Potter và Hòn đá phù thuỷ” (2016). To fulfill the research purpose, a descriptive and comparative analysis was made between the source and target text. The analysis of translation strategies was grounded on the theoretical frame of Davis (2003). The findings reveal that the translator adopted the strategy of preservation for most of the proper names in the chosen literary text. Several recommendations for translating proper names in the literary texts are finally drawn out.
Art · Context (archaeology) · Harry potter · Linguistics · Literary Translation · Literature · Proper noun · Rendering (computer graphics) · Source text · Translation studies · Vietnamese · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · History · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Translation Studies and Practices
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |