Translating Jamaican Creole in the novel White Teeth

Vrečer, Nina

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Title:	Translating Jamaican Creole in the novel White Teeth
Authors:	ID Vrečer, Nina (Author) ID Gadpaille, Michelle (Mentor) More about this mentor... ID Zupan, Simon (Comentor)
Files:	UNI_Vrecer_Nina_2009.pdf (388,64 KB) MD5: 9D61ED160F9A3849122B9D07699BA5E9 PID: 20.500.12556/dkum/20317ce2-3d39-4f8a-8430-a39ee0c6e233
Language:	English
Work type:	Undergraduate thesis
Organization:	FF - Faculty of Arts
Abstract:	Since antiquity, literary translation has had a special meaning. Many people believe literary translation is one of the most complicated forms of intercultural communication. Above all, translating dialect is very demanding. The novel White Teeth is the first novel written by Zadie Smith. It was a major publishing success. It tells a story of modern, culturally-diverse London and of three families from assorted ethnic backgrounds. The main story spans 1975 to 2000; however, it also reaches back to 1907 and earlier. The author uses many different dialects of English: Jamaican Creole, urban youth slang and Cockney. In my thesis, I focus on Jamaican Creole. This language variety exhibits different characteristics: simplified grammar and phonology, and a distinct vocabulary. Several of these characteristics are visible in the novel, where Jamaican Creole can be distinguished from Standard English at first sight. There are different translation strategies possible; however many interesting features are lost when translating dialect.
Keywords:	književno prevajanje, prevajanje dialektov, jamajška angleščina, Beli zobje
Place of publishing:	Maribor
Publisher:	[N. Vrečer]
Year of publishing:	2009
PID:	20.500.12556/DKUM-10565
UDC:	821.111(043.2)
COBISS.SI-ID:	17086472
NUK URN:	URN:SI:UM:DK:HTBTOTFB
Publication date in DKUM:	29.08.2009
Views:	3856
Downloads:	328
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Categories:	FF
:	VREČER, Nina, 2009, Translating Jamaican Creole in the novel White Teeth [online]. Bachelor’s thesis. Maribor : N. Vrečer. [Accessed 13 April 2025]. Retrieved from: https://dk.um.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=10565 Copy citation

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Language:	Slovenian
Title:	Prevajanje jamajške angleščine v romanu Beli zobje
Abstract:	Književni prevod ima že od antike naprej velik pomen. Mnogi menijo, da je književni prevod ena od najbolj zapletenih oblik medkulturnega sporočanja. Še posebej zahtevno pa je prevajanje dialekta. Roman Beli zobje je prvenec avtorice Zadie Smith in je ena izmed prvih knjig, ki so izšle leta 2000, in takoj požele uspeh. V njej je predstavljena zgodba treh kulturno različnih, večrasnih družin v obdobju več kot 50 let. Avtorica uporablja tudi več različnih dialektov angleščine: jamajško angleščino, mladinski sleng in Cockney. V diplomski nalogi sem se osredotočila predvsem na jamajško angleščino. Za ta angleški dialekt sta značilni poenostavljena gramatika in fonologija, pa tudi besedišče je nekoliko drugačno. V romanu se je pojavilo kar nekaj teh značilnosti, tako da se je jamajška angleščina takoj ločila od standardne angleščine. Prevajanje dialektov je zelo zahtevno in možno je uporabiti različne prevajalske strategije. Kljub temu pa nobena od strategij ne zajame vseh značilnosti dialekta, marsikaj se s prevodom tudi izgubi.
Keywords:	literary translation, translating dialects, Jamaican Creole, White Teeth

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