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Foreignness and Familiarity: An Investigation into the Effects of Foreignization and Domestication in Translation
DownloadFall 2013
An important issue in translation studies is the extent to which a translator should “naturalize” a narrative - by changing proper names and cultural references, for instance - to match the background of the reader. Venuti (1986), among others, has speculated as to how readers experience texts...
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Fall 2012
The study of translation of children’s literature is a recent phenomenon. The goal of this study is to explore the extent to which a translator needs to accommodate a child reader by making the text conform to the target culture. I examine two mainstream dual theories: “domestication”, which...