A Corpus-Based Study on the Translation of English Ideophones in Italian Picture Books
The Case of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5901048 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pier Simone Pischedda (0000-0003-4190-2302, University of Leeds, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 224 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages7030224 |
| OpenAlex | W4293758500 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper aims to provide the readers with an overview of the nature of sound symbolism in Italian and offers new food for thought to scholars in the under-researched field of sound symbolism in translated literature for young readers. Whilst English uses ideophones in literature for young readers, Italian sound symbolism often seems to rely on Anglophonic creations, arguably due to both linguistic and cultural reasons. The third and fourth books of the series for children and young adults, 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', have been taken as a source for examples. The books contain both text and pictures, which include ideophones in them. Each of the two English books has been analysed together with their Italian versions, and the strategies employed to translate sound symbolism have been catalogued into a small corpus. The results, on top of elucidating the nature of Italian sound symbolism, show a considerable degree of adaption and a frequent reliance on Anglophonic forms, with scattered attempts made at adapting English ideophones for the Italian readership. This is achieved through the modification of source forms to resemble Italian syntactical structures more closely and through the removal of certain consonant clusters that are considered typically Anglophonic (i.e
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |