กลวิธีในการแปลตัวบทวรรณกรรมไทยเป็นภาษาจีน : กรณีศึกษา การแปลเรื่องสั้นชื่อโลกของแพรว: กลวิธีในการแปลตัวบทวรรณกรรมไทยเป็นภาษาจีน : กรณีศึกษา การแปลเรื่องสั้นชื่อโลกของแพรว

Onanong Insaard

Authors

Onanong Insaard Department of Eastern Language Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Keywords:

Thai-Chinese translation, Thai literary work

Abstract

This research applied translation principles and theory toward examining the Chinese translation of a Thai literary text, particularly by reviewing the translator’s lexical choices as well as their renditions of the messages in the text. Translation of the short story “In the World of Praew” (Lok khong Praew), by Sirima Apijarin, was used as a case study. The following features of the translation were found to reflect the translation process: 1) meaning of the source and target texts was entirely equivalent; 2) word choice in the target text was contingent on the surrounding text; 3) word choice was contingent on the context; 4) word form in the target text was modified to be consistent with sentence-level grammar in the target language; 5) sentence structure and grammar were modified according to language patterns in the target text; 6) the text was expanded in order to support understanding among readers; 7) the text was condensed in order to reduce redundancy; 8) more concise language was used in order to shorten the target text while retaining the original meaning from the source text; and 9) sentences were reorganized in order to render the full meaning of the text while adhering to target language structures.

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