Modality in Translation: Differences between uses of epistemic modality between William Faulkner’s ‘Barn Burning’ and its Dutch translation ‘In Vlammen Op’

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Lemmen, Martijn (2015)

Modality in Translation: Differences between uses of epistemic modality between William Faulkner’s ‘Barn Burning’ and its Dutch translation ‘In Vlammen Op’

Bachelor thesis | Engelse taal en cultuur (BA)

This thesis focuses on how modality plays an important role in the translation of the Modernist narrative 'Barn Burning'. Translators have to decide whether or not to maintain modal assertions. The problem that arises when modality is not maintained is that the truth value of the assertion is altered; the translated assertion may then have a different meaning than the original. In this thesis, translation universals and translation procedures are discussed as well. The universals and procedures serve as the theoretical background on which the analysis is based.

Modality

Translation

Faulkner

Translation universals

Translation procedures

Semantics

Stylistics

Modernism

Author: Lemmen, Martijn

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors: Foster, Tony

ECTS Credits: 10

Language: en

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Modality in Translation: Differences between uses of epistemic modality between William Faulkner’s ‘Barn Burning’ and its Dutch translation ‘In Vlammen Op’