Creativity in Translation
Bachelor’s Thesis, summer 2010
BA, English and Communication
Department of Language and Business Communication
Creativity in translation
– a study of various source and target texts
Name: June Lyngbak Fogh Holst
Examination number: 284589
Supervisor: Nick Wrigley
Number of characters: 49.571
Creativity in translation – a study of various source and target texts
June L.F. Holst
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Contents
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Problem statement ............................................................................................................................ 3
3. Method and delimitation .................................................................................................................. 3
4. Introduction to translation theory..................................................................................................... 4
4.1. Defining translation ................................................................................................................... 4
4.1.1. The skopos theory ............................................................................................................... 4
4.1.2. Presuppositions .................................................................................................................. 5
4.1.3. Reiss’ text types .................................................................................................................. 5
4.2. Macrostrategy ............................................................................................................................ 6
4.3. Microstrategies .......................................................................................................................... 6
5. Creativity
BA, English and Communication
Department of Language and Business Communication
Creativity in translation
– a study of various source and target texts
Name: June Lyngbak Fogh Holst
Examination number: 284589
Supervisor: Nick Wrigley
Number of characters: 49.571
Creativity in translation – a study of various source and target texts
June L.F. Holst
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Contents
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Problem statement ............................................................................................................................ 3
3. Method and delimitation .................................................................................................................. 3
4. Introduction to translation theory..................................................................................................... 4
4.1. Defining translation ................................................................................................................... 4
4.1.1. The skopos theory ............................................................................................................... 4
4.1.2. Presuppositions .................................................................................................................. 5
4.1.3. Reiss’ text types .................................................................................................................. 5
4.2. Macrostrategy ............................................................................................................................ 6
4.3. Microstrategies .......................................................................................................................... 6
5. Creativity
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