Connie’s language and sexuality: Lady Chatterley’s Lover in Japanese
Connie’s language and sexuality: Lady Chatterley’s Lover in Japanese
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康妮的语言和性取向：日语版查泰莱夫人的情人
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10.1080/0907676x.2017.1368677
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2017
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H. Furukawa
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H. Furukawa
本文旨在探讨《查太莱夫人的情人》中女性角色的性取向与她在三个日语译本中的语言使用之间的联系。日语翻译中女性角色的言语倾向于过度女性化，并对各种体裁进行了研究，以经验地评估女性角色的女性化程度。然而，小说中人物的性别取向是否会影响他们在日语翻译中的语言使用，目前还没有实证研究。因此，本文将对《查太莱夫人的情人》的日语译本进行定性和定量的分析，以探讨以下问题：(1)康妮在译本中的语言使用是否存在差异；(2)康妮与克利福德和梅勒斯的性关系或非性关系在语言使用上是否存在差异；(3)康妮与梅勒斯关系的变化是否影响了她的语言使用。这部小说在文学界和日本社会都引起了争议，因为第一部日文译本在1950年被禁止，出版商和译者被判犯有公开猥亵罪。
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to investigate the link between the sexuality of a female character in Lady Chatterley’s Lover and her language use in three Japanese translations of the novel. The speech of female characters in Japanese translations tends to be overly feminised, and research on various genres has been conducted to empirically assess the extent to which female characters are feminised. However, there has not been an empirical study if the sexuality of characters in novels affects their language use in Japanese translations. Therefore, this article will analyse the Japanese translations of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, both qualitatively and quantitatively, to investigate the following issues: (1) whether there is any difference in Connie’s language use in the translations, (2) whether there is any difference in Connie’s language according to her sexual or non-sexual relationship with Clifford and with Mellors, and (3) whether the shift in Connie’s relationship with Mellors affects her language use. The novel has been controversial, both in literary circles and in Japanese society, because the first Japanese translation was banned in 1950 and the publisher and the translator were found guilty of public indecency.