This paper looks at how Japanese novels where dialects are used have been translated into Korean. Dialects are researched mostly on the phonological aspects within the realm of dialect geology, with the horizon widening on the sociolinguistic front, but hardly so in translation studies. Most researches on the translation of dialects tend to describe the ways regional dialects and social dialects are translated in British and American literature. Worse yet, for Japanese novels that surely take up the large st portion of foreign books translated in Korea, there are not anyway near enough researches on their translations. Therefore, this paper aims to discuss if social dialects aside from regional dialects are also present in Japan as in the case of other countries and to analyze what effects and functions dialects have in real works, thereby making sure that the authors’intentions with such effects and functions are respected in the translated versions. As three novels are selected for their dependence on dialects and analyzed under this research, it turns out that dialects are used for the effect of revealing the characters or for the sake of distinction: to indicate a positive or negative feeling toward a standard language user or a functional switch where a dialect user speaks a standard language under the circumstances. As such, a single work may present both the effective and functional side of dialects, and thus a thorough analysis of the scenes where dialects appear is needed to ensure that their effects and functions are not misunderstood, toned down, or lost. For that matter, translators must check in advance the image a certain dialect brings about in the original text, search for any special intention of using it in the overall context, and try to render a translation that serves to the best of its effect and functionality.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.