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Goossens, Lana (2021)

I'm going to have to translate the **** out of this: A case study on the effect of swear words on characterization and emotional setting in Andy Weir's The Martian and its Dutch translation

Master thesis | Linguistics (MA)

Most research on swear word translation so far has been focused on audiovisual translation. This thesis attempts to provide insight in how swear words are translated in literary translation, specifically Andy Weir's novel 'The Martian' and looks at how the translation of such swear words affect characterization and emotional setting. A literature review provides information of different aspects of swearing such as cultural influences. The case study uses examples from the novel and its Dutch translation of both characters and emotion to show how swear words affect the text and analyses whether the translation successfully translated these.

translation

swear words

offensive language

literary translation

Author

Goossens, Lana

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Translation

Supervisors

K. L. Zeven

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en