"DET OSYNLIGA BARNET" AV TOVE JANSSON I ÖVERSÄTTNINGENS PERSPEKTIV. (Swedish)

Perspective of translation in Tove Jansson's book "The invisible child". (English)

The author will compare Tove Jansson's book "The Invisible Child" written in Swedish with the translation of the book "Neredzamais Bērns" to Latvian. It is possible to distinguish various problems that translator can come across while translating the book from one language to another language. For example, the grammar is very important part and it is the basis for each translation; especially it is difficult when two languages belong to different language branches. Another problem which appears quite often is that in different languages one word can have totally different meanings. The translator needs to follow all changes in the language, because many words that were used quite long time ago could not be understandable for people living in different historical periods. There are different types of translations and two types of translators. The author has analysed the translations of the time, place and characters that appear in the book. Different living being's names it is possible to translate directly. Many words in Latvian are chosen only because of the context. Sometimes the names of characters are derivatives from the verbs that exist in Latvian language. In Swedish the names of places and spaces are written with the small initial letter while in Latvian it is easy to distinguish that there are a proper nouns, because big initial letters indicate that. Many words that translator Elija Kliene translated to the Latvian was the descriptions of the characters and these words fit well into the context. Such examples might be the detailed description of one or another character. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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