Browsing by Author "Spies, Carla-Marie"

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    Die Agterhuis – Lina Spies se vertaling van Anne Frank se dagboek, Het Achterhuis, in Afrikaans : besluite, benaderings en strategieë
    (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03) Spies, Carla-Marie; Feinauer, A. E.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the translation approaches and strategies used by Lina Spies in her translation of Anne Frank's diary, Het Achterhuis, from Dutch into Afrikaans (Die Agterhuis). The researcher mainly works descriptively to discuss the decisions made regarding translation approaches and strategies adopted and applied in this translation. However, when necessary, a critique of the translation is also offered. The first chapter deals with the background of, and rationale for, the study; it provides a hypothesis, problem statement, methodology and the research questions. The next chapter provides background information on the source text, as well as considering reasons why this source text was translated into Afrikaans. The translator (Spies) as an agent of power is discussed as well. In the third chapter, the literature review, the most prominent translation theories which are relevant to this study are discussed. There are amongst others focused on functionalism (Nord 1997), intercultural communication (Katan 200), descriptive translation studies (DTS) (Toury 1995), and foreignization and domestication (Venuti 1995). Chapters 4 and 5 present the practical application/empirical study. In the macro-analysis aspects such as genre, overall translation approach and the paratext are looked at. The micro-analysis investigates the translation strategies which were used on the micro-level in order to achieve the overall effect this translation has on macro-level. Pragmatic, intercultural, interlinguistic and text-specific translation problems/challenges and the way that Spies (possibly) resolved these in the target text are discussed. The conclusion is drawn that Spies adopts a functionalist approach towards the translation as she takes into consideration both Nord's (1995) yardsticks for a "good"/"adequate" translation, namely (1) the source text and source text author, as well as (2) the target text reader. The foreignization approach is the primary approach used in this translation and the translator is very faithful to the source text and loyal to the source text author. Domestication is used as a secondary approach as the target text is made accessible to the target text reader on a grammatical level. The thesis finds that the authenticity of the source text and the literary value of this text are preserved, and that the voice and style of the source text author are conveyed to the target text reader.
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    Die bronteksouteur se bydrae tot die produksieproses van literêre vertalings
    (Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014) Spies, Carla-Marie
    In hierdie artikel word ʼn empiriese studie onderneem waarin die bydrae van die bronteksouteur in die produksieproses van literêre vertaling bestudeer word. Om hierdie doel te bereik, word drie produksieprosesse van literêre vertalings, To hell with Cronjé (Winterbach 2007b), My name is Vaselinetjie (Von Meck 2009a) en In bushveld and desert: A game ranger’s life (Bakkes 2008) retrospektiewelik bestudeer deur elke proses te herkonstrueer om die veranderinge wat die bronteksouteurs aangebring het, asook hulle korrespondensie met ander produksieagente, bloot te lê. Hiervoor word manuskripte, notas en e‑poskorrespondensie wat tydens elke produksieproses geproduseer is, kwalitatief ontleed. Antwoorde op semi‑gestruktureerde vraelyste word ook as sekondêre data bestudeer om die produksieagente die geleentheid te bied om oor die produksieproses te reflekteer en aan die navorser dinamika en aangeleenthede wat nie uit die primêre data afgelei kon word nie, te verduidelik. Die ontleding word gedoen teen die agtergrond van relevante sosiologiese, vertaal- en redigeer/revisieteorie, en bevindinge van vorige studies wat in die agtergrondbespreking aangebied word. Uit die analise kan daar gesien word dat alhoewel al die produksieagente ʼn beduidende rol in die produksie van ʼn literêre vertaling speel, wil dit wel voorkom of die bronteksouteur die produksieagent is wat die meeste status/outoriteit in die produksieproses geniet en gevolglik ook die meeste mag het en invloed kan uitoefen. Verder kan daar gesien word dat die betrokkenheid van die bronteksouteur in al drie prosesse voordelig was om inhoudelike foute en verkeerde interpretasies uit te skakel en ander produksieagente se vrae te beantwoord. Daar word egter ook aangedui dat die betrokkenheid van die bronteksouteur in sekere opsigte nadelig vir die produksieproses kan wees, byvoorbeeld wanneer hy/sy die teks tot só ʼn mate oorvertaal dat hy/sy as’t ware die rol van die vertaler oorneem en/of ander produksieagente ondermyn, wat wedywering en ʼn magswanbalans tot gevolg kan hê en die produksieproses kan strem.
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    Ideologiese oorwegings by die vertaling van Anne Frank se dagboek, Het Achterhuis, in Afrikaans
    (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2011-06) Spies, Carla-Marie; Feinauer, Ilse
    AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie artikel word ondersoek ingestel na die ideologiese motiverings agter die besluitneming in die vertaling van Anne Frank se dagboek, Het Achterhuis uit Nederlands in Afrikaans (Die Agterhuis). Daar word gekyk na die besluitneming ten opsigte van die oorkoepelende vertaalstrategie, asook die hantering van ideologiese verwysings in die dagboek. Die dagboek is sedert die eerste Nederlandse uitgawe in 1947 in meer as 60 tale vertaal. Vanweë die verskillende vertalings en verwerkings van die dagboek word die vraag gevra wie die régte Anne Frank is, aangesien die outentisiteit van die dagboek dikwels ingeboet is en die stem en styl van die dagboekskrywer nie altyd getrou weergegee is nie. Die beeld van Anne en haar dagboek is dus dikwels ideologies gemanipuleer en gefalsifi seer en as antwoord hierop, besluit Spies om hoofsaaklik van ’n vervreemdingsbenadering (Venuti 1995) gebruik te maak en besonder naby die bronteks te bly in haar Afrikaanse vertaling van die dagboek. Daar word telkens dermate vervreem dat ouer Afrikaanse en Nederlandistiese uitdrukkings dikwels in die Afrikaanse doelteks voorkom. Die doelteks word wel toeganklik vir die doelteksleser gemaak deurdat die dagboek origens in idiomatiese Afrikaans vertaal word en deur middel van die vertaler se uitgebreide funksionele gebruik van die parateks (Spies 2011). Deur middel van hierdie vervreemdingsbenadering slaag die vertaler daarin om die stem en styl van Anne in die Afrikaanse teks behoue te laat bly en so ’n getroue beeld van Anne weer te gee en die outentisiteit van die dagboek te behou. Hierdie benadering verhoog die literêre waarde van die doelteks en dra by tot die aanvaarbaarheid daarvan in die doeltekskultuur en sodoende die geslaagdheid van die Afrikaanse vertaling van die dagboek van Anne Frank.
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    Die wisselwerking tussen die agente betrokke by die publikasieproses van literere vertalings
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03) Spies, Carla-Marie; Feinauer, A. E.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this dissertation two relatively under-researched areas within the scope of translation studies are investigated: the production process of translations and the sociological and cognitive aspects involved in this production process (as opposed to only studying the translation product). Process and sociological studies are currently on the forefront of research in translation studies and this dissertation attempts to contribute to these fields. The current study investigates the role of the various agents (among others the publisher, reviser and editor) involved in the production process of translations to illustrate how this process involves more agents than only the translator. Translation is proven to be a process involving a network of agents who work together to produce the final product, i.e. the target text. In this dissertation this interaction between agents is examined by making use of Latour's Actor-Network-Theory (ANT), a sociological theory that focuses on the network and links between agents within a production process. The production processes of literary translations that are analysed in this dissertation are Niggie – To hell with Cronjé (Ingrid Winterbach), Vaselinetjie – My name is Vaselinetjie (Anoeschka von Meck) and a selection of the "Stoffel tales" – In bushveld and dessert: A game ranger's life (Christiaan Bakkes). These texts were all translated by the literary translator Elsa Silke and published by NB Publishers in 2007, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The versions of the texts analysed are the source text, the concept translation, any other preliminary versions (manuscripts) and the completed published target text. These texts are analysed along with all available correspondence between agents to reconstruct the production processes in order to determine how translations are produced by means of interaction between different agents. This study is therefore greatly exploratory by nature and aimed at revealing the "invisible" of the production process of literary translations in order to contribute to and promote research within this under-researched field of translation studies. The main focus of this study is to analyse how each agent's inputs have a sociological impact on other agents and the production processes, as well as how their interaction and decisions impact the target text. The results are predominantly presented descriptively (within the framework of Descriptive Translation Studies [DTS]) and concepts of Nord's Functionalism, Even-Zohar's Polysystem Theory, Bourdieu's theory on the field of cultural production, Sharpe and Gunther's editing principles and Mossop's theory on editing and revision of translated texts are used to analyse and discuss the production processes of the three literary translations mentioned above. In conclusion a model is presented, based on these analyses, depicting a possible optimal production process for literary translations. A possible chronology of steps in the production process and means of interaction between agents are depicted by this model. With this proposed model this dissertation contributes to theory development within the field of translation studies and editing and revision theory. This model can be applied to production processes of literary translations to test if it is viable to apply in practice to ensure a more effective production process as well as a successful product (target text). If this model proves to be effective, it can eventually serve as a guideline for literary translation practice.