Tradurre il fantasy per giovani lettori: "The Explorers' gate" di Chris Grabenstein

The purpose of this thesis is, on the one hand, to illustrate the peculiarities of children’s literature, fantasy fiction and their translation and, on the other hand, to propose a translation from English to Italian of some chapters of the e-book The Explorers’ Gate by American author Chris Grabenstein. The first chapters of this work offer an analysis of different critical studies on children’s literature and fantasy fiction and illustrate the characteristics of these two literary expressions. I will also discuss the different approaches to their translation in order to produce a translated text that is consistent with its literary genre and with translation theories. The third chapter is about the author and includes an interview on his idea of children’s literature and his opinions about translation. The second part of this thesis is represented by the actual translation of the e-book. Firstly, I will analyze the source text, dividing the analysis in extra-textual and intra- textual and focusing on sender, addressee, time and space, function of the text, plot, structure, narrator, style and language used by the author. I will also highlight those elements that probably would be challenging during the translation phase. Secondly, I will explain the macro-strategy that I adopted during the process of translation, which can be defined as child-oriented. In the last chapter I will highlight those passages that represented translation challenges and I will show how I tackled them.

Proposta di traduzione di "Cette fille a du style" di Marie-Sophie Vermot

Il presente elaborato si pone l'obiettivo di fornire una proposta di traduzione del romanzo per ragazzi "Cette fille a du style". Il primo capitolo presenta una panoramica dell'evoluzione dei personaggi femminili nella letteratura per ragazzi in Italia e in Francia, sicuramente breve e non esaustiva ma volta a mostrare come i libri abbiano accompagnato le ragazze e come le ragazze siano cambiate con loro. A questa segue la presentazione dell'autrice del libro, della casa editrice e infine del romanzo in questione attraverso un'analisi tematica e stilistica, con particolare attenzione alla questione della serialità. Il secondo capitolo è costituito dalla proposta di traduzione del romanzo, che sarà commentata nel capitolo successivo. L'ultimo capitolo affronta la questione della traduzione dal punto di vista del genere, inizialmente riferita all'intera produzione letteraria e in seguito approfondita per il romanzo oggetto di questa tesi. La sezione successiva ha come scopo quello di fornire una breve panoramica del linguaggio della moda, dalla sua nascita fino alle sue più recenti evoluzioni, cui fa seguito un’analisi mirata degli aspetti traduttivi risultati particolarmente ostici e le relative soluzioni. Infine, si è ipotizzato un possibile inserimento della traduzione di "Cette fille a du style" all’interno del panorama editoriale italiano, confrontando le opere della stessa autrice già tradotte nel nostro Paese.

"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.