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"Den kunne da ikke sådan bare blive væk" – En korpusstudie i oversættelsen af danske diskurspartikler til svensk

Arvidsson, Jonas LU (2024) NODK01 20241
Danish
Abstract
In this bachelor thesis, I examine how professional translators handle the Danish discourse particles da, nok, and sgu in translations of Danish fiction texts into Swedish. Of particular interest is how the omission of these discourse particles affects the stylistic character of the text and what implications this has for the reader's experience of the target text. My corpus consists of four Danish works in various genres and their translations into Swedish. The theoretical framework primarily relies on Eugene Nida's theory of equivalence. The translations were categorized into three groups – formally equivalent, dynamically equivalent, and missing translation – and the results indicate that only about half of the particles were... (More)
In this bachelor thesis, I examine how professional translators handle the Danish discourse particles da, nok, and sgu in translations of Danish fiction texts into Swedish. Of particular interest is how the omission of these discourse particles affects the stylistic character of the text and what implications this has for the reader's experience of the target text. My corpus consists of four Danish works in various genres and their translations into Swedish. The theoretical framework primarily relies on Eugene Nida's theory of equivalence. The translations were categorized into three groups – formally equivalent, dynamically equivalent, and missing translation – and the results indicate that only about half of the particles were translated, primarily into formally equivalent translations. When the discourse particles are not translated, it can result in a loss of emotional nuance, altered tone, and a loss of communicative function, undermining reader engagement. (Less)
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author
Arvidsson, Jonas LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
"It couldn't just disappear like that, could it?" – A corpus-based study on Danish-Swedish translation of discourse particles
course
NODK01 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
discourse particles, da, nok, sgu, translation, equivalence, lost in translation
language
Danish
id
9160284
date added to LUP
2025-12-17 12:54:59
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2025-12-17 12:54:59
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  abstract     = {{In this bachelor thesis, I examine how professional translators handle the Danish discourse particles da, nok, and sgu in translations of Danish fiction texts into Swedish. Of particular interest is how the omission of these discourse particles affects the stylistic character of the text and what implications this has for the reader's experience of the target text. My corpus consists of four Danish works in various genres and their translations into Swedish. The theoretical framework primarily relies on Eugene Nida's theory of equivalence. The translations were categorized into three groups – formally equivalent, dynamically equivalent, and missing translation – and the results indicate that only about half of the particles were translated, primarily into formally equivalent translations. When the discourse particles are not translated, it can result in a loss of emotional nuance, altered tone, and a loss of communicative function, undermining reader engagement.}},
  author       = {{Arvidsson, Jonas}},
  language     = {{dan}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{"Den kunne da ikke sådan bare blive væk" – En korpusstudie i oversættelsen af danske diskurspartikler til svensk}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}