The Translation of Irony : Translating contemporary short stories from Catalan and Spanish into English
.This thesis explores the translation of verbal irony, particularly in the translations of Spanish and Catalan contemporary short stories. Verbal irony is a common phenomenon in communication, and yet it has not received enough attention in translation studies. Furthermore, not all theoretical frameworks agree on the same conception of irony. Having examined data of a corpus in Spanish and Catalan to shed some light upon the mechanisms of irony and the problems arising from its translation, I mainly address the following issues: a) What different types of ironic cues are there? b) How can these cues be explained within existing theories? c) How is irony translated in the translated text? d) What problems do different types of irony pose for the translation of irony? The complex nature of irony requires an interdisciplinary approach that places textual features in their communicative and social contexts. For this reason, Chapters 2 to 4 review theories from different fields in order to establish the main characteristics of verbal irony, while Chapter 5 focuses on translation issues. Irony is often achieved, as my analysis reveals, through a certain set of cues or conventional linguistic strategies that signal
Gimenez, Alicia Moreno
The Translation of Irony : Translating contemporary short stories from Catalan and Spanish into English. .This thesis explores the translation of verbal irony, particularly in the translations of Spanish and Catalan contemporary short stories. Verbal irony is a common phenomenon in communication, and yet it has not received enough attention in translation studies. Furthermore, not all theoretical frameworks agree on the same conception of irony. Having examined data of a corpus in Spanish and Catalan to shed some light upon the mechanisms of irony and the problems arising from its translation, I mainly address the following issues: a) What different types of ironic cues are there? b) How can these cues be explained within existing theories? c) How is irony translated in the translated text? d) What problems do different types of irony pose for the translation of irony? The complex nature of irony requires an interdisciplinary approach that places textual features in their communicative and social contexts. For this reason, Chapters 2 to 4 review theories from different fields in order to establish the main characteristics of verbal irony, while Chapter 5 focuses on translation issues. Irony is often achieved, as my analysis reveals, through a certain set of cues or conventional linguistic strategies that signal
translation irony translating contemporary short_story catalan spanish_english this explore translation verbal irony particularly translation spanish catalan contemporary short_story verbal irony common phenomenon communication yet_receive enough attention translation_study furthermore theoretical_framework agree conception irony examine data corpus spanish catalan shed_light upon mechanisms irony problem_arise translation mainly address_follow issue different_type ironic cue cue explain within exist theory irony translate translate_text problem different_type irony pose translation irony complex nature irony require interdisciplinary place textual feature communicative social_context reason review theory different field order_establish main_characteristic verbal irony focus translation issue irony often achieve analysis_reveals certain set cue conventional linguistic strategy signal