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FOLKTALES RETOLD: THE TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH
VERSIONS OF AFRICAN FOLKTALES INTO SEPEDI
MOSEBODI MARTHA MALATJI
Research Report Submitted to:
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND
In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the
Degree of Master of Arts in the field of Translation
August 2014
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Abstract
This study focuses on the translation of children¡¯s literature. Its aim is to examine the
translation strategies adopted in translating culture-specific concepts found in three African
folktales written in English taken from Gcina Mhlophe¡¯s African Tales: A Barefoot Collection,
into Sepedi. The focus is on culture-specific elements such as proper names, geographical
names, references to food, names of fauna and flora, songs, forms of address and humour.
Translating such texts will enable Sepedi speaking children to learn more about the cultural
practices of other African countries.
A further aim is that by translating folktales from African Tales: A Barefoot Collection into
Sepedi, Sepedi speaking children will have access to more reading material written in their
language which is easy to comprehend and can expand their Sepedi vocabulary. Currently
there is little reading material available for Sepedi learners, therefore translating the chosen
folktales into Sepedi will help in filling this gap.
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Declaration
I, Mosebodi Martha Malatji, declare that this dissertation entitled,
FOLKTALES RETOLD: THE TRANSLATION OF ENGLISH VERSIONS OF AFRICAN
FOLKTALES INTO SEPEDI,
is my own unaided work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been
indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references.
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MM Malatji
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Date
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1
1.1.
Statement of the problem
1
1.2.
Aim of the Study
2
1.3.
Rationale
3
1.4.
Research Methodology
5
1.5.
Structure of the study
6
CHAPTER 2: LANGUAGE BACKGROUND
7
2.1.
Introduction
7
2.2.
Geographical background of Sepedi
7
2.3.
Language policies in South Africa
9
2.4.
RNCS and Language of Learning and Teaching
10
CHAPTER 3: CHILDREN¡¯S LITERATURE AND ITS TRANSLATION
12
3.1
Introduction
12
3.2
Children¡¯s Literature
12
3.3
Folktales as Children¡¯s Literature
13
3.4
Translating Children¡¯s Literature
14
IV
CHAPTER 4: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY
18
4.1.
Theoretical Framework
18
4.2.
Methods and Strategies for Translation
19
4.2.1.
Adaptation
19
4.2.2.
Cultural-context adaptation
19
4.2.3.
Modernisation
21
4.2.4.
Purification
22
4.2.5.
Abridgement
22
4.3.
Translating names in Children¡¯s Literature
24
CHAPTER 5: SOURCE-TEXT ANALYSIS
26
5.1.
Introduction
26
5.2.
Extratextual factors
26
5.3.
Intratextual factors
30
5.4.
Story lines of the chosen folktales
31
CHAPTER 6: PRACTICAL TRANSLATIONS
33
6.1. Source and Target Texts
33
CHAPTER 7: COMMENTS ON TRANSLATIONS
71
7.1.
Introduction
71
7.2.
Discussion of translation problems
71
7.2.1. Translation of proper names
71
7.2.1.1. Personal names
71
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