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"Iz an Freuenschuh! An mirobelli Freuenschuh!" : die fiktive Sprache in Carson Ellis’ "Du Iz Tak?" als Feld der Polyvalenz und Prüfstein der Bilderbuchübersetzung

"Iz an Freuenschuh! An mirobelli Freuenschuh!" : the fictional language in Carson Ellis’s "Du Iz Tak?" as a field of polyvalence and a touchstone of picturebook translation

  • Carson Ellis’ Bilderbuch "Du Iz Tak?" (2016) stellt eine besondere Herausforderung der Bilderbuchübersetzung dar, da der Schrifttext ausschließlich in einer fiktiven Sprache verfasst ist. Eine Übersetzung erscheint damit zwar auf den ersten Blick überflüssig. Eine nähere Untersuchung des Ausgangstextes legt jedoch vielfaltige intermodale, inter- und intralinguale Bezuge frei, die einerseits ein Feld der Polyvalenz entfalten und die Übersetzung erschweren, andererseits eine Übersetzung unumgänglich machen.
  • Carson Ellis’s award-winning picture book "Du Iz Tak?" is a special case of picturebook translation since the original text is written in an invented language. The comparative examination of the original and selected translations (German and Dutch) exposes the latent limits of picturebook translation. The written text in Du Iz Tak? consists exclusively of the direct speech of anthropomorphic insects. Reception of the work involves searching for clues in order to acquire the bug language. It is remarkable that, despite the invented nature of the bug language, different language editions of the work have been produced. Comments by the author and the publisher point out that the translation of the work was considered inevitable at an early stage, but it also represented a great challenge. The following two questions will be pursued in this article: Which intermodal interrelations within the original text determine the necessity of language-specific translations of Du Iz Tak? To what extent do the translations differ in their approach to this challenge? The semiosis of the bug language in Du Iz Tak? that demands translation is examined and the polyvalence of the text is discussed. A comparison of the original text with the two translations shows the translational shifts that are brought about by the notion of the single address in children’s literature. This article reveals the limits of transferability of this specific book as well as the general challenges of picturebook translation.

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Author:Ben Wilhelmy
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-674093
DOI:https://doi.org/10.21248/gkjf-jb.41
DOI:https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/gkjf-jb.41
ISBN:978-3-9821241-0-0
ISSN:2568-4477
Parent Title (German):Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung : GKJF
Publisher:Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Article
Language:German
Date of Publication (online):2019/12/01
Date of first Publication:2019/12/01
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/03/29
Volume:2019
Page Number:15
First Page:105
Last Page:119
HeBIS-PPN:49375699X
Institutes:Neuere Philologien / Neuere Philologien
Dewey Decimal Classification:8 Literatur / 80 Literatur, Rhetorik, Literaturwissenschaft / 800 Literatur und Rhetorik
7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 74 Zeichnung, angewandte Kunst / 741.5 Comics, Cartoons, Karikaturen
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Germanistik / GiNDok
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
Licence (English):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0