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.

Proposta di traduzione del romanzo cinese Binu di Su Tong e confronto con la traduzione dell'opera in portoghese

Il presente elaborato è costituito da quattro capitoli. Nel primo, dopo aver esposto una breve panoramica della letteratura cinese moderna, ci si concentra innanzitutto sulla presentazione della figura dell’autore Su Tong (苏童 Sūtóng), delle sue opere e della loro ricezione da parte del pubblico italiano. Nella stessa sezione, viene introdotto il progetto della casa editrice Canongate Books all’interno del quale si inscrive il romanzo oggetto della traduzione della tesi. Inoltre, per permettere ad un potenziale lettore italiano di comprendere meglio la struttura narrativa del testo, si è scelto di fornire una descrizione del mito originale di Mengjiangnü (孟姜女 Mèngjiāngnǚ) a cui si è ispirato l’autore durante la stesura del libro in questione, oltre che dei principali temi culturali in esso presenti. Il secondo capitolo propone la traduzione integrale del romanzo “Binu” (碧奴 Bìnú) dell’autore Su Tong. Nel terzo capitolo, oltre a delineare un profilo della traduttrice brasiliana Fernanda Abreu e delle opere di cui essa si è occupata (con particolare riferimento al testo “A mulher que chora”), viene presentato un breve panorama sull’attuale situazione della letteratura cinese moderna in Brasile ed in Portogallo, oltre che sull’utilizzo dell’inglese come lingua pivot per la sua diffusione. Per facilitare l’approfondimento di un argomento così esteso, si è optato per la suddivisione dell’ultima parte in diversi sotto-capitoli. La sezione prevede innanzitutto l’esposizione della teoria alla base delle scelte adottate nella traduzione italiana del romanzo “Binu”. Successivamente, dopo aver presentato le principali differenze tra la lingua cinese e quella portoghese, oltre alle problematiche traduttive che da esse derivano, ci si è concentrati sullo svolgimento di un confronto tra le strategie adottate nella resa italiana dell’opera e tra quelle impiegate nella versione portoghese. Nel fare ciò, ovviamente si è tenuto conto dell’utilizzo della versione inglese da parte di Fernanda Abreu, oltre che dei diversi elementi culturali che caratterizzano le due lingue. Infine, dopo aver brevemente descritto quelle che sono le principali fasi da affrontare quando si decide di avanzare la proposta di traduzione di un testo editoriale, è stata valutata una possibile pubblicazione italiana del romanzo “Binu”, tenendo in considerazione le opere dello stesso autore già tradotte nel nostro Paese.

La comunicazione aziendale tra redazione e traduzione: Il caso di ipack srl.

This dissertation is the result of my participation in the Language Toolkit project, a recent collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce of Forlì and the School of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Interpreting and Translation at the University of Bologna, which aims to make students meet with the companies of our territory, in this case Ipack, based in Mercato Saraceno (FC). My dissertation is a specialized translation work from Italian into English of two documents that were entrusted to me: the declaration of compliance of Ipack’s products and a summary of the quality manual. They are two high technical texts and, therefore, the translation task required a preliminary phase of research on the topics and on the terminology of this specific domain. The dissertation consists of five chapters. The first chapter briefly introduces the company with which I collaborated for my dissertation project and provides an overview of business communication and a brief classification of Ipack’s communication tools. The second chapter covers the background topics, namely food packaging and quality management systems within companies. The third chapter concerns the analysis of the two texts, describing the intra-textual and extra-textual aspects, as well as the morphosyntaxical and lexical features. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the revision work on one of the two texts, the one about quality procedures. In the commentary following my review, I explain the methodology and the strategies that I used and I also provide some extended examples of the main changes applied to the original text, with respect to both content and linguistic features. Finally, the fifth chapter focuses on the translation of the texts followed by a commentary that explains the work methodology, resources and my translation choices, accompanied by practical examples.

La traduzione dei contratti dall'italiano al cinese in pratica

La traduzione dei contratti dall'italiano al cinese

Pontypool, traduci e muori. Traduzione di pontypool changes everything di tony burgess.

This work is focused on the translation of the first half of the novel Pontypool Changes Everything, written by Canadian author and screenplay writer Tony Burgess in 1998 and – quite surprisingly – still unpublished in Italy. Although the book disguises itself as a product for general consumption – more precisely as a tale of zombies – it is clear from the very beginning that the author is not interested in conforming to the conventions of the genre to which his work belongs. On the contrary, he seems to exploit the recent success of zombiea-pocalypse inspired stories to build up a more complex type of narrative. Nonetheless, he writes a story that introduces certain innovative elements in the rather repetitive and seemingly outworn genre, like the idea of a language-borne virus. Burgess, who has a graduate degree in semiotics, was by his own admission “insufferably preoccupied with literary malformations” when he wrote the book. As a matter of fact his narrative tackles issues – albeit superficially and always entertainingly – that seem to stem from the theories which originated in the field of linguistics around the second half of the twentieth century. It goes without saying that translating – as much as reading – such a book is both a difficult and compelling operation. As a translator you are required to constantly shift from one strategy to another, paying great attention to the semantic nuances of the written words whilst keeping in mind what the actual intention of the text is. Together with the book translation, this dissertation offers a brief introduction to the fundamental principles of translation and a detailed analysis of some of the translation problems posed by the novel.

Il linguaggio della medicina: proposta di traduzione dall'italiano all'inglese del libro "Osteopatia come Medicina di Terreno"

This thesis is aimed at providing a translation from Italian into English of some chapters taken from Osteopatia come Medicina di Terreno (Osteopathy as Ground Medicine), written by Dr. Mauro Fornari D.O.M.R.O.I., Dr. Alberto Garoli MD Ac, MD Ay, MD Tcm, Dr. Lara Gozzi D.O.M.R.O.I., Professor Stefano Guizzardi MD Ph.D., Dr. Andrea Martini D.O.M.R.O.I., and Dr. Stefano Matassoni D.O.M.R.O.I., published in 2014 by Piccin Nuova Libraria publishing house. The main reason behind this choice is a personal interest in technical-scientific translation, especially in medical translation. Furthermore, this translation has been personally requested by one of the authors of the book, Dr. Mauro Fornari, in order to export the new and functional osteopathic method to assess the patient, that is discussed in this book. The dissertation consists of four chapters. Chapter one illustrates an analysis of specialized languages from a stylistic, textual, lexical and morphosyntactic point of view. Chapter two contains an analysis of the main features of medical language, both in Italian and English. Chapter three is focused on corpus linguistics and the use of corpora in specialized translation, it includes a brief introduction to the Osteopathic practice, and contains the translation of chapters 4-5-6-7 of Osteopatia come Medicina di Terreno. And finally, chapter four contains an analysis of the problems found during the translation process, and a proposal for their resolution.