Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches
As readers in the current globalisation era come from increasingly diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, this study aims to examine how translanguaging in multilingual literature is translated for the duality of local and translocal readership. Different representations of translanguaging in...
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| author | Woo, Ying Teng |
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| description | As readers in the current globalisation era come from increasingly diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, this study aims to examine how translanguaging in multilingual literature is translated for the duality of local and translocal readership. Different representations of translanguaging in the original anglophone literature Malay Sketches and its Chinese translation are analyzed using the textual data analysis method. This study adds value to existing studies on the translation of literary multilingualism by substituting the conventional language ideology perspective with a translanguaging lens to examine how literary multilingualism is translated for the duality of local and translocal readership. The main argument of this study is that when a tension exists between translating for local and translocal readers, various factors such as the translator’s agency, social contexts, and translation norms result in ST translanguaging (in Singapore literature) being pushed towards language homogenisation and language standardisation in the TT. This study concludes that the asymmetry in translanguaging in the ST and TT results in differing reader reception cohorts, and the inclination towards language homogenisation and language standardisation actually diverges from the increased tolerance for multilingualism and linguistic hybridity in the Sinophone regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1683902023-06-03T17:00:40Z Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches Woo, Ying Teng Sim Wai Chew School of Humanities wcsim@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Literature As readers in the current globalisation era come from increasingly diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, this study aims to examine how translanguaging in multilingual literature is translated for the duality of local and translocal readership. Different representations of translanguaging in the original anglophone literature Malay Sketches and its Chinese translation are analyzed using the textual data analysis method. This study adds value to existing studies on the translation of literary multilingualism by substituting the conventional language ideology perspective with a translanguaging lens to examine how literary multilingualism is translated for the duality of local and translocal readership. The main argument of this study is that when a tension exists between translating for local and translocal readers, various factors such as the translator’s agency, social contexts, and translation norms result in ST translanguaging (in Singapore literature) being pushed towards language homogenisation and language standardisation in the TT. This study concludes that the asymmetry in translanguaging in the ST and TT results in differing reader reception cohorts, and the inclination towards language homogenisation and language standardisation actually diverges from the increased tolerance for multilingualism and linguistic hybridity in the Sinophone regions of Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China. Master of Arts (Translation and Interpretation) 2023-05-30T01:38:16Z 2023-05-30T01:38:16Z 2023 Thesis-Master by Coursework Woo, Y. T. (2023). Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168390 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168390 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
| spellingShingle | Humanities::Literature Woo, Ying Teng Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches |
| title | Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches |
| title_full | Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches |
| title_fullStr | Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches |
| title_short | Translanguaging in Singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences: a case study of the English to Chinese translation of Malay sketches |
| title_sort | translanguaging in singapore literature and its implications for the tension between translating for local and translocal audiences a case study of the english to chinese translation of malay sketches |
| topic | Humanities::Literature |
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