In:Interconnecting Translation Studies and Imagology
Edited by Luc van Doorslaer, Peter Flynn and Joep Leerssen
[Benjamins Translation Library 119] 2016
► pp. 145–161
Comparing national images in translations of popular fiction
Published online: 25 February 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.119.09zla
https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.119.09zla
This paper concentrates on the way national – and sometimes racial – images are translated in works of popular fiction. Popular fiction is a distinctive literary field, with distinctive norms and conventions, also as regards translation. We explore how these specific translation conventions influence the images of cultures, nations, subcultures and races in the Slovene translations of various popular fiction genres, with a focus on romance, which is usually set in a domestic environment; crime novels, with a more international setting; and fantasy, which often takes place in another universe.
Keywords: popular fiction, national images, fantasy, crime, romance
Article outline
- Introduction
- Popular fiction and stereotypes
- Translating popular fiction
- National images in popular fiction
- National images in crime fiction
- National images in romance
- National images in fantasy fiction
- Americans, Germans, Norwegians, and wizards in Slovene translations
- Results
- Crime
- Findings
- Conclusion
Notes References
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