Translating Children's Literature - 9781138803749

Taylor & Francis

Translating Children's LiteratureAuthor(s): Gillian Lathey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138803749, 978-1138803749\nSynopsis\nTranslating Childrens Literature is an exploration of the many developmental and linguistic issues related to writing and translating for children, an audience that spans a period of enormous intellectual progress and affective change from birth to adolescence. Lathey looks at a broad range of childrens literature, from prose fiction to poetry and picture books. Each of the seven chapters addresses a different aspect of translation for children, covering:\n\n Narrative style and the challenges of translating the childs voice;\n\n The translation of cultural markers for young readers;\n\n Translation of the modern picture book;\n\n Dialogue, dialect and street language in modern childrens literature;\n\n Read-aloud qualities, wordplay, onomatopoeia and the translation of childrens poetry.