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Abstract / Description of output
The question looks straightforward. But the answers are multiple as the use of mimetic expressions covers not only imitating sounds, but also a wide-range of sound-symbolic language such as abstract manners or one’s psychological states. Therefore, their use is pervasive in everyday Japanese, in media and in literary works from children’s literature to poetic and fictional genres.
The talk will discuss translatability issues in Japanese-English translation with examples taken from traditional children’s literature and multimodal text of manga (Japanese comics) and I will focus on the translation strategies used to overcome the lack of translation equivalents of Japanese onomatopoeic and mimetic words in English.
The talk will discuss translatability issues in Japanese-English translation with examples taken from traditional children’s literature and multimodal text of manga (Japanese comics) and I will focus on the translation strategies used to overcome the lack of translation equivalents of Japanese onomatopoeic and mimetic words in English.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 21 Nov 2015 |
Event | Scottish Society, Chartered Institute of Linguists - Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Nov 2015 → … |
Conference
Conference | Scottish Society, Chartered Institute of Linguists |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Edinburgh |
Period | 21/11/15 → … |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Japanese onomatopoeias
- manga and onomatopoeias
- translation
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[Invited Talk] at Scottish Society part of the Chartered Institute of Linguistics, Scotland - ' Japanese onomatopoeia and mimetic words - Why are they difficult to translate? '
Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt (Keynote speaker)
21 Nov 2015Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk