A Comparative Study of Strategies Employed in Translating Colloquial Expressions in Persian Translations of the English Novel “Beloved”

 

Table of Contents

  Title                                                                                                             Page

  Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………..I

  Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………II

 List of Tables……………………………………………………………………………….V

 List of Charts……………………………………………………………………………….VI

Chapter One

1. Introduction

   • Overview………………………………………………………………………2

   • Statement of the Problem………………………………………………………3

   • Significance of the Study………………………………………………………3

   • Purpose of the Study…………………………………………………………..5

   • Research Questions……………………………………………………………5

   • Limitation and Delimitationsof the Study………………………………….6

   • Definition of Key Terms………………………………………………………6

Chapter Two

2. Review of the Literature

   • Overview……………………………………………………………………..10

   • Translation: Definition……………………………………………………….10

   • Translation: Different Approaches……………………………………………12

     • Word-for-Word versus Sense-for-Sense Translation………..……………12

• Semantic and Communicative Translation……………………………….14

• Genre………………………………………………………………………….15

• Genres: Different Types of Discourse…………………………………….16

• Style…………………………………………………………………………..19

  • The Significance of Style………………………………………………….20

  • Features of Style………………………………………………………….22

  • Style and Content…………………………………………………………24

• Level of Formality……………………………………………………………24

  • Scales of Formality……………………………………………………….26

  • Types of Style (According to the Levels of Formality)…………………26

• Standard Language……………………………………………………………27

  • Formal Style………………………………………………………………29

  • Informal Style………………………………………………………….…29

  • Colloquial Style…………………………………………………………..30

    • Translation of Colloquial Language………………………………32

    • Slang………………………………………………………………32

      • Distinction between Colloquialism and Slangism……….33

    • Idiom………………………………………………………………34

      • Types of Idioms…………………………………………..35

      • Translation of Idioms: Difficulties……………………….35

      • Translation of Idioms: Strategies…………………………36

    • Non-Standard Language………………………………………………………37

    • Translation Strategies…………………………………………………………38

    • Relevant Studies………………………………….………………………….45

Chapter Three

3. Methodology

   • Introduction…………………………………………………………………..49

   • Model selection……………………………………………………………….49

   • Novel Selection……………………………………………………………….50

   • Materials………………………………………………………………………50

• Writing style of Beloved…………………………………………………..50

• Procedure……………………………………………………………………..52

Chapter Four

4. Data analysis

   • Classification of data by MacCrimmon’s Model……………………………..55

   • Daghighian’s Translation…………………………………………………….61

   • Sehati’s Translation………………………………………………………….75

   • Saaidnia’s Translation………………………………………………………..88

Chapter Five

5. Conclusions, Discussions and Suggestions

   • Overview……………………………………………………………………103

   • Summary of findings……………………………………………………….103

   • Conclusion….……………………………………………………………….105

   • Discussion of findings………………………………………………………107

   • Suggestions for further research…………………………………………….114

 

 

References……………………………………………………………………………………………………….115

 

List of Tables

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Table2.1. Characteristics of Discourse Genre (Larson, 1984)…………………………….18

Table2.2. Features of Style……………………………………………………………….23

Table2.3. Translation Strategies………………………………………………………….44

Table4.1. Frequency and Percentage of MacCrimmon’s Colloquial Language Feature   59

Table5.1. Results of the Evaluation of the Strategies……………………………………107

Table5.2. Daghighian’s Function……………………………………………………….109

Table5.3. Sehati’s Function……………………………………………………………..110

Table5.4. Saaidnia’s Function…………………………………………………………..111

Table5.5.Mistranslation of Translators…………………………………………………112

Table5.6. Translation in to a Higher Degree of Formality………………………………113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of Charts

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Chart4.1. Percentages of the Colloquial Language Features……………………………..60

Chart5.1. Result of the Evaluation of the Strategies……………………………………107

Chart5.2. Daghighian’s Function………………………………………………………..109

Chart5.3. Sehati’s Function………………………………………………………………110

Chart5.4. Saaidnia’s Function……………………………………………………………111

Chart5.5. Mistransaltion of Translators…………………………………………………112

Chart5.6. Transaltion in to a Higher Degree of Formality………………………………113