Proper Names in Translations for Children

Alice in Wonderland as a Case in Point

Bibliographic Data

ID4345010
AuthorsChristiane Nord (University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Magdeburg, Germany, corresponding author)
Year2003
Volume48
Issue1-2
Pages182-196
Publication date2003-09-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMeta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421
PublisherConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/006966ar
OpenAlexW2134806646
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited2

Drawing on a corpus of eight translations of Lewis Carroll'sAlice in Wonderlandinto five languages (German, French, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian), the paper discusses the forms and functions of proper names in children's books and some aspects of their translation. In Alice in Wonderland, we find three basic types of proper names: names explicitly referring to the real world of author and original addressees (e.g.,Alice, her catDinah, historical figures likeWilliam the Conqueror), names implicitly referring to the real world of author and original addressees (e.g.,Elsie,LacieandTillie, referring to the three Liddell sisters Lorina Charlotte, Alice and Edith Mathilda), and names referring to fictitious characters. An important function of proper names in fiction is to indicate in which culture the plot is set. It will be shown that the eight translators use various strategies to deal with proper names and that these strategies entail different communicative effects for the respective audiences

Alice (programming language) · Art · Art history · Function (biology) · German · Linguistics · Literature · Portuguese · Proper noun · Set (abstract data type) · Computer Science · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Translation Studies and Practices

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