The Translation of Working-Class Speech and Culture in Japanese Translations of Robert Westall’s Novels Set in North-East England
The Translation of Working-Class Speech and Culture in Japanese Translations of Robert Westall’s Novels Set in North-East England
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罗伯特·韦斯塔尔以英格兰东北部为背景的小说的日译本对工人阶级言论和文化的翻译
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10.1007/s10583-022-09491-y
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2022
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Takiuchi Haru
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Naito U;Gaik Sean Yap;Shiba R;Otsuka S;Yumoto M;Nakagawa S;Hitomi Hirayama;郭佳寧;Takiuchi Haru
罗伯特·韦斯特尔(1929-1993)是二十世纪下半叶英国最成功的儿童文学作家之一。然而，他的小说经常在英国引起争议，因为他在儿童书籍中融入了工人阶级的语言和文化。这篇文章考察了在他的小说特别受欢迎的日本，这种有争议的工人阶级对话是如何被翻译的。本文探讨了1980年至2009年出版的韦斯特尔小说的日文翻译，特别关注了20世纪40年代以英格兰东北部为背景的三部小说：《机枪手》(1975；日文翻译，1980)、《法瑟姆5》(1979；日文翻译，2009)和《海边的王国》(1990；日文翻译，1994)。考察这些翻译作品是在日本不同的经济时期完成的，有助于理解译者和儿童文学的文化和政治角色，因为它揭示了工人阶级文化如何被削弱的霸权过程，以及性别刻板印象以及规范性中产阶级文化如何通过翻译得到强化。
Robert Westall (1929–1993) was one of the most successful British children’s writers in the latter half of the twentieth century. However, his novels often provoked controversy in Britain because of his inclusion of working-class language and culture in children’s books. This paper examines how such “controversial” working-class dialogues are translated in Japan, where his novels are particularly popular. This paper explores Japanese translations of Westall’s novels published between 1980 and 2009, with a particular focus on three novels set in north-east England in the 1940s:The Machine-Gunners(1975; Japanese translation, 1980),Fathom Five(1979; Japanese translation, 2009), andThe Kingdom by the Sea(1990; Japanese translation, 1994). Examination of these translations, which were produced during different economic periods in Japan, will contribute to understanding the cultural and political roles of translators and of children’s literature, as it reveals the hegemonic process of how working-class culture is reduced and how gender stereotypes, as well as normative middle-class culture, are reinforced through translation.