The Translation of Onomatopoeic Words in Nick McDonell’s The Council of Animals
Keywords:
Onomatopoeia, Translation, Translation techniques, English-Thai, equivalentAbstract
This article aims at exploring techniques used in translating onomatopoeias and applying them to the English-to-Thai translation of these words in Nick McDonell’s The Council of Animals (2021), which features animals as the main characters. The study reveals that the translation techniques that work best with onomatopoeic words include the selection of target-text equivalents, which is found to be the most frequent option in the literature. This technique can be complemented by phonological means (e.g. addition of tone markers to increase pitch, or extra final consonants to lengthen the syllable) and transliteration. Creating a new onomatopoeic word through phonological means, as well as opting for loan words or transliteration are possible solutions. Omission, however, is deemed inappropriate in all cases as it will result in the loss of expressivity in the target text.
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