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SHS Web Conf.
Volume 105, 2021
International Research-to-Practice Conference for Translators, Young Scholars and Students “Translation Industry: Theory in Action” (TITA 2020)
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Article Number | 04001 | |
Number of page(s) | 16 | |
Section | Audiovisual Translation | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202110504001 | |
Published online | 12 May 2021 |
Translating English slang into Ukrainian: A study of Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood
Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian Pedagogical University, 25009, Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine
* Corresponding author: katerinabond@gmail.com
This research focuses on translation strategies and techniques for rendering slang in Quentin Tarantino’s films “Pulp Fiction” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”. The material of the research was the original scripts for the films and their translations into Ukrainian. Defining translation strategies when transferring English slang into Ukrainian involved: frequency analysis of the slang words; semantic decomposition of the slang words to establish their meanings; and comparison of the words to reveal consistent patterns of translating English slang into Ukrainian. Slang words fucking, fuck, shit, goddamn, motherfucker make up 3.6% of the total wordcount in “Pulp Fiction” and 1.33% in “Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood”. They mainly function as exclamations, nominations for something inferior, as euphony, or to denote a despicable adversary. Literal translation has been registered in 31.73% in “Pulp Fiction” and 30.98% in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, explicitation (6.07% and 26.03%,) substitution (39.75% and 48.8%). Slang words were neutralised in 15.45% and 16.8%, omitted in 21.34% and 21.72%. The study hypothesises that the techniques involved show a correlation between the semantic transparency of the slang word and the strategy chosen.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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