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Janssen, Jamie (2018)

A Linguistic Comparison of Manga: Official Translations and Scanlations

Bachelor thesis | Japanstudies (BA)
The aim of this paper is to give a qualitative analysis of the Japanese version of the popular manga ‘Death Note’, its official English translation and a (fan-made) scanlation. The materials used in this research are the original version of the manga Death Note that is written by Ohba Tsugumi, twelfth edition December 2004, the official English translation by VIZ Media, twenty-sixth printing, April 2015 and the scanlation from www.mymangaonline.us. Differences between the translations that have been found in the data comparison will be discussed, as well the specific characteristics of each type of translations.
Manga
Manga Translation
Scanlation
Comperative Linguistics
Japanese Translation
Japanese Manga
Death Note
Author
Janssen, Jamie
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
BA Japanstudies
Supervisors
Yoshioka, K.
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en