Cultural Implications in Translation employing Hofstede's Sub-culture Dimensions : Focusing on Appeal-focused Texts

• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: 김순영(Kim Soon young) 박지영(Park Ji young)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제32집, 35~52쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.12.30

영문 초록

At large, translation is an act of communication and possesses cultural relevance. As mentioned by Hofstede, it can be rightfully stated that the larger the difference in culture, the bigger the difference in the language use. Many prior researches on cultural implication in translation focused on identification of the link between culture and translation, often limited to literary texts. To this end, the present study aims to initiate a study in search for the causal principle behind the shift process in the context of culture focusing on appeal-focused texts. In this regard, Hofstede's four culture dimensions were referenced, namely power distance, individualism, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity (87-616). Using the identified key characteristics for the four culture dimensions, ST and TT samples from South Korea and U.S. were selected amongst appeal-focused texts. Once the causal principle behind the shift process is identified to reside at sub-cultural levels, one may suggest that a translator shall take this under consideration and choose TT set of words bearing in mind key characteristics of the target culture dimensions in order to make the translation more attractive to the target audience especially when it comes to translating appeal-focused texts.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. A Literature Review

Ⅲ. Research Method

Ⅳ. Analysis and Discussion

Ⅴ. Concluding Remarks

Works Cited

Abstract

키워드

호소적 텍스트 문화 소통 기능 번역 편역 Appeal-focused texts Culture Communicative function Translation Hofstede Trans-editing