Ana Filipa Batista: analisi delle opere di una delle promesse della letteratura portoghese

L'elaborato presenta le opere della giovane scrittrice portoghese Ana Filipa Batista, blogger e scrittrice portoghese di diciassette anni, che ha conosciuto il suo debutto editoriale a soli undici anni. L’elaborato è articolato in tre capitoli, nei quali si ripercorre in ordine cronologico la carriera della giovane scrittrice, proponendo un’analisi delle sue opere dal punto di vista dei temi, dello stile, del linguaggio. Ogni capitolo è corredato da opportune traduzioni dal portoghese in italiano per poter guidare meglio il lettore attraverso il percorso suggerito. Ogni citazione è accompagnata dalla mia traduzione in nota o a fronte, mentre nel caso di testi particolarmente lunghi, si troverà la mia traduzione nel corpo della tesi e la versione originale portoghese in appendice.

Il giornalismo a fumetti in Giordania: proposte di traduzione dei fumetti di Emad Hajjaj, Osama Hajjaj, Omar al Abdallat e Naser Jafari

L’oggetto di questa tesi è la traduzione di una selezione di vignette a tema politico disegnate da quattro fumettisti giordani: Emad Hajjaj, Osama Hajjaj , Omar al Abdallat e Naser Jafari.

Tradurre la letteratura cinese per l'infanzia: proposta di traduzione di racconti tratti dalla raccolta "La capanna nella vallata" di Cao Wenxuan.

Dopo la fine della Seconda Guerra Mondiale si diffuse tra gli studiosi europei l’idea che la letteratura per l’infanzia avrebbe generato un nuovo spirito di unità e comprensione tra i popoli e portato a una “repubblica universale dell’infanzia”. Tale ideale romantico non si realizzò esattamente come quegli studiosi avevano sperato. L’emergere delle forze dell’economia globale di mercato alla fine del XX secolo ha, infatti, determinato un’enorme diffusione a livello internazionale della traduzione di libri per l’infanzia, ma il mercato delle traduzioni è assolutamente dominato da traduzioni dall’inglese verso lingue “minori”; inoltre, anche quando si sceglie di tradurre da lingue non-europee, i traduttori adattano le opere ai sistemi di arrivo, spesso manipolando anche pesantemente il testo di partenza. Non si genera quindi una vera conoscenza e comprensione verso l’altro, ma solo un riecheggiare senza fine di ciò che il bambino già conosce o si aspetta. Tale pratica è particolarmente nociva in una società multiculturale e multietnica come l’Italia, in cui i bambini studiano, giocano, crescono insieme a bambini di origine cinese, rumena, marocchina, delle cui culture però sanno poco o nulla. La presente tesi si propone quindi di fornire una traduzione verso l’italiano di due brani tratti dalla raccolta di racconti per l’infanzia Huangyuan Maowu 荒原茅屋 (La capanna nella vallata) di Cao Wenxuan. Il primo capitolo fornisce una definizione della letteratura per l’infanzia e delle sue caratteristiche e presenta alcuni approcci teorici alla sua traduzione. Nel secondo capitolo si ripercorrono la storia e gli sviluppi della letteratura per l’infanzia in Cina dall’epoca imperiale agli inizi del XXI secolo. Il terzo capitolo, infine, presenta la proposta di traduzione e a seguire il relativo commento traduttologico.

Tradurre la saggistica: proposta di traduzione di un estratto di "The invisible history of the human race"

The aim of this dissertation is to propose the translation of four chapters from "The invisible history of the human race", an essay by the Australian author and journalist Christine Kenneally. This essay offers a non-systematic overview upon genealogy in connection to the idea of personal identity; above all, the author wants to persuade the reader that genealogy could be the perfect linking point between history and science, family lines and DNA. The translated chapters particularly concentrate on the reasons of the current underestimation of genealogy, which, according to Kenneally, lies in the Nazi’s distorted use of ancestry and in the exploitation of the idea of biological diversity in order to discriminate people. The dissertation is composed of four chapters. The first chapter consists in a concise analysis of the characteristics of the textual genre and in a theoretical introduction and approach to the translation of essays, where the main generic and essay-specific translation strategies are outlined. The second chapter presents a detailed illustration of the topics treated in the essay and particularly in the translated pages. The third chapter contains the translation and the fourth presents a systematic comment to the translation and to the choices made during the translation of the text.

Sguardo sulla società tedesca contemporanea attraverso la proposta di traduzione di alcuni capitoli di Im Sparadies der Friseure: Eine kleine Sprachkritik di Wiglaf Droste e di Ein Buch namens Zimbo: Sie werden kaum ertragen was Ihnen mitgeteilt wird di Max Goldt.

Con il mio elaborato voglio descrivere brevemente la società tedesca e l'evoluzione della sua lingua attraverso la traduzione di alcuni graffianti testi degli scrittori Wiglaf Droste e Max Goldt.

Documentare gli incidenti omofobici e transfobici: Traduzione dall'inglese in italiano di un manuale informativo di ilga-europe.

The aim of this dissertation is to provide a translation from English into Italian of a handbook published online by the non-governmental organization Ilga-Europe, which aims to strengthen human rights and equality for LGBTI people at European level. Translating the whole handbook was not possible for this project, this is the reason why I decided to translate the introduction, the first chapter and one of the three appendices listed in the handbook. This work is divided into six chapters. The first one introduces the main themes of the text, i.e. what does the acronym LGBT stands for, the issue of homophobia and the measures taken against it at international and national level. The second one provides a description of the three organizations ILGA, ILGA-Europe and Arcigay, focusing on their roles and purposes. The third chapter contains the description of specialized languages, with special attention to the juridical one; moreover, it provides an analysis of the text type. The fourth chapter focuses on the resources used to translate this text. The fifth chapter includes the source text, alongside with its actual translation. Finally, the sixth and last chapter offers a detailed comment on translation difficulties and translation choices.

Prosa femminile russa contemporanea: 14. Zenskaja proza "nulevych". Proposta di traduzione di racconti scelti.

Настоящая работа представляет собой перевод с русского языка на итальянский шести рассказов из антологии 14. Женская проза «нулевых», которая была опубликована в Москве в 2012 году составителем Захаром Прилепиным. В сборнике был опубликован двадцать один текст – рассказы и повести, написанные четырнадцатью современными русскими писательницами. Перевод разных произведений разных авторов ставит своей целью предоставить широкий взгляд на современную женскую прозу и сравнить стили и темы характерные для этого направления современной русской литературы. Эти авторы отличаются друг от друга возрастом, происхождением и степенью известности – некоторые из них популярны и в России, и за рубежом, другие мало известны даже на Родине, но они все получали главные русские литературные премии. В Италии русская женская проза почти неизвестна, поэтому данная работа может помочь итальянским читателям познакомиться с этими писательницами. Доступный язык, на котором пишут эти женщины, и ежедневные ситуации, которые они описывают, могут приблизить итальянцев к русской культуре и показать сходства и различия между итальянской и русской жизнью и обществом. В первой главе работы представляется краткое изложение истории русской женской литературы до нашего времени, говорится о составителе сборника, и описываются толстые журналы, в которых были опубликованы рассказы этих молодых писательниц, а также главные русские литературные премии, полученные ими. Во второй главе описываются темы и стили каждого рассказа. В третьей главе предлагается перевод рассказов. В четвёртой главе обсуждаются трудности, с которыми мы столкнулись в процессе перевода, описываются лингвистические особенности и культурные различия между Италией и Россией, и объясняются стратегии, которые были предприняты для того, чтобы решить проблемы перевода.

Habibi. Proposta di traduzione di un romanzo young adult

This dissertation intends to present and analyse the translation from English into Italian of the first twenty-five chapters of Habibi, a teenager and young adult’s novel written by the Palestinian-American author Naomi Shihab Nye. It has been necessary to present the theoretical approach to the literary translation studies, in order to focus the attention on the translation problems and provide suitable solutions and strategies. The first chapter gives an historical perspective on children’s literature from the end of the Nineteenth century till today, distinguishing the Italian and the American contexts. The description of the evolution process of this literary genre, which developed to satisfy the needs of the educational system, is its central issue. At the end of the chapter, we outline the main traits characterizing children’s literature and the image of the ideal reader. The second chapter provides an overview on Palestinian literature, especially on the features of the contemporary novel and the Diaspora literature. Afterwards, we present the author Naomi Shihab Nye and the book Habibi. In the third chapter we analyze the novel, focusing the attention on the rhythm of the narration, on the linguistic registers and the textual peculiarities found during the reading stage, according to the features of the children’s literature. The fourth chapter consists of the translation of the first twenty-five chapters of the novel. The fifth chapter begins with a section about the translation theory, the literary translation studies, focusing on the translation of children’s literature. Finally, there is the translation analysis. Here we present the strategies and the choices of the translation process, along with some practical examples with reference to theoretical studies. Special attention is paid to culture-specific items, lexicon and syntax.The source text can be found in appendix.

La traduzione del romanzo per ragazzi Apache - Girl Warrior di Tanya Landman: Un incontro tra storia, genere e culture.

This dissertation deals with the translation into Italian of selected passages from the Young Adult historical novel Apache – Girl Warrior by English author Tanya Landman. The book was chosen after contacting Italian publisher Settenove, dedicated to preventing gender-based violence through children's books and essays. The novel, set in the second half of the Nineteenth Century, tells the story of Siki, a fourteen years old Native American girl who decides to become a warrior in order to avenge her family, killed by the Mexicans. The story also deals with the contact and conflict between Native Americans and white settlers during the so-called Apache Wars. Chapter I deals with Apache's genre; it consists in an overview of the historical novel form and its diffusion, both in Italy and in the English-speaking world. Typical features and themes are also dealt with in this chapter. Chapter II is dedicated to Apache's author. Landman's other works and her mission as a writer are taken into account, as well as the inspirations that led her to writing the novel and the process of research on American history it involved. This chapter also includes a comparison between Tanya Landman's and Louise Erdrich's works. In chapter III, Apache is compared to two well-known novels for children and young adults, The little house on the prairie and Caddie Woodlawn; the aim of this is to demonstrate how widespread misrepresentations about Native Americans are in mainstream literature. Chapter IV analyzes the novel and serves as an introduction to its translation, focusing on its plot, themes, characters and language, while chapter V presents the passages I've chosen to translate; their translation can be found later in the same chapter. In chapter VI, I comment on the choices made during the translation process; translation problems are divided into culture-specific, stylistic, semantic and linguistic.

L'interpretazione a distanza: Analisi di interazioni telefoniche mediate da interprete

Interpreter profession is currently changing: migration flows, the economic crisis and the fast development of ICTs brought unexpected changes in our societies and in traditional interpreting services all over. Remote interpreting (RI), which entails new methods such as videoconference interpreting and telephone interpreting (TI), has greatly developed and now sees interpreters working remotely and being connected to service users via videoconference set up or telephone calls. This dissertation aims at studying and analyzing the relevant aspects of interpreter-mediated telephone calls, describing the consequences for the interpreters in this new working field, as well as defining new strategies and techniques interpreters must develop in order to adjust to the new working context. For these purposes, the objectives of this dissertation are the following: to describe the settings in which RI is mostly used, to study the prominent consequences on interpreters and analyze real interpreter-mediated conversations. The dissertation deals with issues studied by the Shift project, a European project which aims at creating teaching materials for remote interpreting; the project started in 2015 and the University of Bologna and in particular the DIT - Department of Interpreting and Translation is the coordinating unit and promoting partner. This dissertation is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 contains an outline of the major research related to RI and videoconference interpreting as well as a description of its main settings: healthcare, law, business economics and institution. Chapter 2 focuses on the physiological and psychological implications for interpreters working on RI. The concepts of absence, presence and remoteness are discussed; some opinions of professional interpreters and legal practitioners (LPs) concerning remote interpreting are offered as well. In chapter 3, telephone interpreting is presented; basic concepts of conversational analysis and prominent traits of interpreter-mediated calls are also explored. Chapter 4 presents the materials and methodology used for the analysis of data. The results, discussed in Chapter 5, show that telephone interpreting may be suitable for some specific contexts; however, it is clear that interpreters must get appropriate training before working in any form of RI. The dissertation finally offers suggestions for the implementation of training in RI for future interpreting students.

Pavol Dobšinský e la cultura popolare slovacca: proposta di traduzione dallo slovacco verso l’italiano di quattro fiabe in versione per l’infanzia

Questa tesi è dedicata alla traduzione dallo slovacco all’italiano di quattro fiabe popolari slovacche di Dobšinský in una versione per bambini adattatata da Elena Slobodová e pubblicata nel 2012 con il titolo Slovenské rozprávky [Fiabe slovacche]. L’adattamento si basa sull’opera Prostonárodné slovenské povesti [Leggende popolari slovacche] pubblicata da Dobšinský tra il 1880 e il 1883. Le fiabe di Dobšinský sono considerate la monumentalizzazione della fiaba popolare slovacca nella sua forma classica e costituiscono una componente importante del patrimonio culturale slovacco. Quindi, benché l’autrice abbia rimosso quegli elementi non adeguati per bambini, nelle fiabe adattate sono presenti molte tracce della lingua arcaica e molti realia relativi alla cultura slovacca. La tesi comprende un’introduzione, cinque capitoli e le conclusioni. Il primo capitolo è dedicato alla traduzione della letteratura per l’infanzia, in particolare delle fiabe. Il secondo capitolo riguarda la vita di Dobšinský e la genesi delle Prostonárodné slovenské povesti nel contesto storico-culturale del Romanticismo slovacco. Inoltre, in questo capitolo vengono analizzate le modalità in cui le fiabe popolari sono entrate a far parte della letteratura per l’infanzia e sono state adattate per la radio e la televisione. Il terzo capitolo consiste nell’analisi del testo di partenza non solo dal punto di vista della struttura delle fiabe, ma anche in relazione alle differenze tematiche e linguistiche che sussistono tra il testo originale di Dobšinský e la versione adattata. Del terzo capitolo fa parte anche un glossario con i termini arcaici, letterari, enfatici, dialettali e colloquiali, le espressioni idiomatiche e i realia. Il quarto capitolo contiene la proposta di traduzione in italiano delle fiabe Zlatovláska, O dvanástich mesiačikoch, Popolvár najväčší na svete a Nebojsa. Nel quinto capitolo vengono commentate le strategie e le difficoltà traduttive.

"Dar voce a una voce": diversità e rappresentazione nella letteratura young adult. Proposta di traduzione di Gabi, a Girl in Pieces di Isabel Quintero.

In this dissertation, I will present my translation into Italian of several excerpts from Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, a young adult (YA) novel by Mexican-American author Isabel Quintero, along with examining the issues of diversity and representation in YA literature. This study aims to demonstrate the benefits of multicultural literature for young readers and the importance of publishing stories that reflect the diversity of the world we inhabit. The translation of the novel is accompanied by an analysis of its social, cultural, and literary context. The first chapter provides an overview of Chican@ history, literature, and culture, focusing on the concepts of identity and hybridity. The second chapter describes YA literature and its characteristics, outlines its history, and discusses the value of diverse books in the lives of teenage readers. Additionally, it cites relevant studies and statistics proving the dearth of diverse literature for young readers in the United States. The third chapter focuses specifically on the representation of Latin@s and Chican@s in literature for young readers, examining the main stereotypes that have plagued the depiction of this community and the new perspectives offered by Mexican-American YA authors. In the fourth chapter, I introduce Isabel Quintero and her novel Gabi, A Girl in Pieces, analyzing its plot, style, format, and main themes. In the fifth chapter, I provide my translation, which is then analyzed in the sixth and final chapter. The translation commentary details some of the problems I encountered and the strategies I applied. The sixth chapter also includes some observations on the translation of teenage speech, of multilingual texts, and of children’s and YA literature.

Sul sentiero meno battuto: Proposta di traduzione di sei albi illustrati che si allontanano dagli stereotipi sui temi di genere, multiculturalismo e disabilita

This thesis focuses on the translation of six picture books that challenge and subvert – each one in its peculiar way – typical stereotypes found in Children’s Literature. I think that stereotyping is an all-important theme in picture books because these books are the ones that will introduce children to literature and young readers have the right to find in it every kind of model. Showing children a variety of characters that reflects the multiple forms of reality will allow them to choose which kind of person to be. In my opinion, this freedom is much needed especially here, in Italy, in this moment of history. This work also studies the stereotypes that have appeared – and are still present, to some extent – in Children’s Literature, the ways in which they are dangerous for young readers, and how they have changed over time. I centered my research on three major themes that have been subject to stereotyping: race, disability and gender. I searched for the right books to translate paying attention not only to the themes they focused on but also to how they dealt with such themes, the tone of each picture book and, obviously, its quality. The selection resulting from my research reflects a diverse world and a celebration of difference. Before actually translating them, I engaged in a deep analysis of their structures, themes and meanings, so that I would be able to enter the ‘world’ of the book and to understand its ‘secrets’ better. This analysis proved to be fundamental during the translation phase and allowed me to make conscious translation choices that I have explored in the part dedicated to the commentary of the translation.

Traduzione per il web nelle istituzioni europee. Proposta di localizzazione di una sezione di sito della dg azione per il clima

The aim of this dissertation is to provide an adequate translation from English into Italian of a section of the European Commission's site, concerning an environmental policy tool whose aim is to reduce the EU greenhouse gas emissions, the Emissions Trading System. The main reason behind this choice was the intention to combine a personal interest in the domain of sustainability development with the desire to delve deeper into the knowledge of the different aspects involved in the localisation process. I also had the possibility to combine these two with my interest in the universe of the European Union. I therefore worked on the particular language of this supranational organisation and for this reason I had the opportunity to experience a very stimulating work placement at the Directorate-General for Translation in Brussels. However, the choice of the text was personal and the translation is not intended for publication. The work is divided into six chapters. In the first chapter the text is contextualised within the framework of the EU, and its legislation on multilingualism. This has consequences on the languages that are used by the drafters of the official documents and on the languages used by translators. The text originates from those documents, but it needs to be adapted to different receivers. The second chapter investigates the process of website localisation. The third chapter offers an analysis of the source text and of the prospective target text. In the fourth chapter the resources created and used for the translation of the text are described. A comparison is made between the resources of the translation service of the European Commission and the ones created specifically for this project: a translation memory, exploited through the use of a CAT tool, and two corpora. The fifth chapter contains the actual translation, side-by-side with the source text, while the sixth one provides a comment on the translation strategies.

Reggio Children arriva a Pechino: Traduzione di un articolo sull'applicazione del metodo Reggio in Cina e riflessione sulle sue possibilità di integrazione nella tradizione scolastica cinese

In questo elaborato si è cercato di comprendere come la cultura italiana, rappresentata nello specifico dal metodo educativo Reggio Emilia, possa incontrare e convivere con quella cinese, nell'esperienza della Scuola Pechino, il progetto innovativo che è stato lanciato nel settembre 2015 dall’ambasciata italiana a Pechino e che offre i suoi servizi ai figli di coppie italiane e di coppie miste (con almeno un genitore italiano) espatriate in Cina. L’analisi prende spunto dalla traduzione dell'articolo Introduzione al metodo educativo italiano Reggio Emilia e confronto con il metodo educativo tradizionale cinese, pubblicato sul “Fujian Tribune”, in cui sono descritti i principi fondamentali del metodo Reggio, nel quale sono stati messi a confronto il modello raggiano con il metodo educativo tradizionale cinese, ponendo in rilievo le differenze che sussistono tra i due. Quello che si è cercato di capire è se il metodo Reggio possa essere integrato con successo nelle scuole dell’infanzia e negli asili nido cinesi, e con quali modalità.