Using Computers in Literary Translation

Youdale, Roy

doi:10.4324/9780429030345-2

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“…It allows both close and distant readings of colour terms as a major stylistic feature in GG. As Youdale (2019) argues, a combined close and distant reading of a literary text, especially a long one like a novel, can be more effective than a close reading of the ST alone. The ‘distant reading’ (Moretti, 2013), that is, the computer-assisted analysis of texts, can help a translator perceive and pinpoint linguistic features and patterns that are not likely to be identifiable without the help of computer technology.…”

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Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

Wijitsopon

2022

Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics

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The present study adopts a corpus stylistic approach to: (1) examine a relationship between textual patterns of colour words in The Great Gatsby and their symbolic interpretations and (2) investigate the ways those patterns are handled in Thai translations. Distribution and co-occurrence patterns were analysed for colour words that are key in the novel: white, grey, yellow and lavender. The density and frequent patterns of each word are argued to foreground an association between the colour word and particular concepts, pointing to symbolic meaning potentials related to the novel’s themes of socioeconomic inequality and destructive wealth. The textual patterns are compared with what occurs in three Thai translations of the novel. While most of the colour images are directly translated, non-equivalents tend to be applied to figurative uses of the colour terms. This results in some changes in textual patterns of the colour words in the translated texts, which can in turn affect readers’ interpretations of colour symbolism in the novel.

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“…e.g. Boase-Beier, 2020; Youdale, 2019). Nevertheless, as Boase-Beier (2020: 14) observes, the close relationship between stylistics and literary translation ‘has not led to more works that explore [the links between them]’.…”

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Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

Wijitsopon

2022

Language and Literature: International Journal of Stylistics

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Using Computers in Literary Translation

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Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

Corpus stylistics and colour symbolism in The Great Gatsby and its Thai translations

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