VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES TRƯƠNG THỊ HUYỀN TRANSLATION STRATEGIES FOR THE ADDRESSING FORMS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IN THE NOVEL “HUNGER” (Các chiến lược dịch từ xưng hô Anh-Việt trong tiểu thuyết “Đói”) MAJOR MASTER THESIS Major: English Linguistics Supervisor: Assoc. Le Hung Tien HANOI - 2019 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES TRƯƠNG THỊ HUYỀN TRANSLATION STRATEGIES FOR THE ADDRESSING FORMS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IN THE NOVEL “HUNGER” (Các chiến lược dịch từ xưng hô Anh-Việt trong tiểu thuyết “Đói”) MAJOR MASTER THESIS Major: English Linguistics Code: 8220201. Le Hung Tien HANOI - 2019 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY I, the undersigned, herby certify that this project entitled Translation strategies for the addressing forms between English and Vietnamese in the novel “Hunger” (Các chiến lược dịch từ xưng hô Anh-Việt trong tiểu thuyết “Đói”) is my original work. I have duly acknowledged all the sources from which the ideas and extracts have been taken.
This project is submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for degree of Master in English Language. Hanam, 2019 Truong Thi Huyen Approved by SUPERVISOR Assoc. Le Hung Tien Date:. i LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My thesis could not be completed without great contributions and support form the supervisor and a number or people.
Frist, I would like to express my sincere gratitue to my supervisor, Assoc. Le Hung Tien for his suppervision and great guidance, valuable encourage as well as comments during the time I did this research which help me possibe to complete this thesis. I am also grateful to all my lecturers of Faculty of Post-Graduate Studies at the University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi who give me an opportunity and the best conditions to do this research. Last but not least, my special gratitute is for my family and my friends from whom I have received alot of spiritual encourage and material support.
ii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY. II TABLE OF CONTENTS.III LIST OF TABLE. V LIST OF FIGURE. Scope of the research.
Research objectives and research questions. 5 CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW. Definitions of translation. Definition of addressing forms.
Translating addressing forms from one language to another. 25 CHAPTER II: RESEARCH METHOD. 28 iii LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. Data and Data Sources.
Data Collection Techniques. Data Analysis Techniques. 34 CHAPTER III: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION. The types of Addressing Forms.
The Translation Strategies of Addressing Forms. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. Summary of findings. For students majoring in translation.
I iv LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com LIST OF TABLE Table 1: English Pronouns System (according to Larson, 1984). 12 Table 2: Vietnamese Pronouns System by Ngo (2006). 12 Table 3: Example of Addressing People Using Names in English. 15 Table 5: The Meanings and Usages of the Vietnamese Kinship Terms.
18 Table 6: The Table Data Sheet. The Frequencies of Types of Addressing Forms in the novel “Hunger”. 35 Table 8: The Translation Strategies of Addressing Forms. 39 Table 12: Kinship Terms.
41 Table 13: Endearment expressions. 42 LIST OF FIGURE Figure 1. The Diagram of Types of Address Terms. The Diagram of Translation Strategies.
42 v LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART A: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale Translation is one of important and not easy skills in the course of English learning, especially in the process of world economic integration today. It is a crucial tool and plays important role in the life and in various fields such as communication, education, culture, tourism, economy as well as literature, ect. Translation helps people from different countries be able to understand and connects together.
Depending on each field, proper and certain strategies and procedures are applied to gain a good translation. Because translation is the process of transferring meaning, it is necessary to have great attention when translating from source language into target language to get the profound insight about the source language. Translating from English into Vietnamese means transferring the meaning from English culture into Vietnamese culture. Addressing forms are indispensable in any acts of communication.
In language in general, they express the hierarchical, attitude and emotional relationship between the persons involved in the conversation. Therefore, the important thing is to select proper addressing forms in order to get a smooth and good conversation. Almost English learners, however, face some difficulties in translating addressing forms from English into Vietnamese. Like other fields, translation of addressing forms from English into Vietnamese is not easy which depends on various factors and elements such as culture and translation strategies.
The system of addressing forms in Vietnamese language is very rich and diverse which depends on each circumstance and relationship. The rules of addressing in Vietnamese are also varied and complicated. Personal pronouns, addressing forms referring to kinship are usually used in 1 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Vietnamese which cannot be found in English. This is one of the difficulties in the course of translating such type of addressing forms from English into Vietnamese.
This forces the translator to focus, pay attention and find signs to distinguish and find words with the same meaning in two languages. On the other hand, the cultural difference is also an element leading to different use of addressing forms in English and Vietnamese. Cultural factors and social norms require each language to have a proper system of addressing forms. In short, during communication, in English or Vietnamese, addressing forms should be selected and adjusted by each individual to suit the subject as well as the context of communication.
Hence, this paper is carried to refect the similarities and differences between the system of addressing forms in English language and Vietnamese language as well as translation strategies for translating the addressing form in the novel “Hunger” of Knut Hamsun. Scope of the research Through the process of translation, various versions of target texts can be created from a source language. The translation process is also impacted by different factors. These factors can consist of translator behavior or cultural problem in which cultural factor has a big influence.
As a result, the translator must have good understanding on the background of each culture to have the best translation. The addressing forms in the novel “Hunger” of Knut Hamsun and “Đói” of T.Tan are collected by the author to be used as research data. Research objectives and research questions 3. Research objectives The research aims to: Describe types of addressing forms that occur in “Hunger” of Knut Hamsun.
2 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Describe types of translation strategies used in “Đói” of T. Research questions Two following questions are formulated for this research: 1. What types of addressing forms occur in “Hunger” of Knut Hamsun? 2. What are the types of translation strategies used to translate addressing terms in “Đói” of T.
Research significance The research is carried out to help the readers and English learners to take in the meaning of addressing forms effectively by understanding the notion of addressing forms, the types of addressing forms and the factors affecting the use of addressing forms and the similarities and differences of the system of addressing forms in English and Vietnamese language. The result of this research also helps people understand that the use of different translation strategies will lead to the change of addressing forms. It then will be a good reference for teachers and students as well as translators, writers of language who are interested in studying the addressing forms in linguistics in general and in translation in particular. Research method Research procedures: Developing a theoretical background.
Collecting and synthesizing the system of addressing forms in both English and Vietnamese for analysis and comparison. Finding out the similarities and differences of the system of addressing forms between English and Vietnamese. Drawing out the common translation strategies for the addressing forms. 3 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com Data collection: the addressing forms in the novel “Hunger” of Knut Hamsun and “Đói” of T.
Descriptive and comparative methods are used in this research. Thesis structure This research consists of three main parts and a reference. Part A: Introduction Briefly introduces rationale for the research, research objectives, scope of the research, research significance and research methodology. Part B: Development The development includes two chapters: Chapter I – Literature reviews deals with the literature reviews relevant to translation definition; translation types, translation process, translation strategies, addressing forms, previous studies and brife summary on the novel “Hunger” of Knut Hamsun.
Chapter II – Research method. Chapter focuses on the research approach, data and data sources, research instruments, data collection techniques, data analysis techniques. Chapter III – Findings and discussion present the research’s results and related discussion Part C: Conclusions and suggestions give conclusions and suggestions drawn from the research’s results. 4 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail.com PART B: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: LITERATURE REVIEW All literature theories related to translation and addressing forms which are necessary for analyzing all research objectives are discussed in this chapter.
Many reference sources from books, articles and journals from the internet are collected and used for the completion of this chapter. The previous studies of other researchers are also mentioned as the references for this research. Definitions of translation The term of translation has been concerned by many authors. It is mentioned as a way to transfer the meaning from one language into another.
Larson (1984) defines translation is a way of rendering the meaning of the source language into the target language. According to him, the render of language is conducted in a semantic manner by going from the form of the first language to the form of a second language. He also says that the lexicon, grammatical structure and communication situation are studied during the translation and their meaning is defined, and then reconstructing the same meaning by using the lexicon and grammatical structure which are suitable for the receptor’s language and that language’s cultural content. Nida (1969) also similarly states that translation is the process of reproducing the receptor’s language to the closest natural equivalence of the SL message, first in the terms of meaning and followed by the terms of style.
Hatim and Munday (2004) states that translation is the process of transferring a written text from source language to target language. The translator needs to use some strategies to transfer a meaning in an accurate and natural manner. 5 LUAN VAN CHAT LUONG download : add luanvanchat@agmail. According to Newmark (1988), translation is rendering the meaning of a text from one language into another language based on the intention and purpose of the author.
Hatim and Mason (1990) suggest that translation is a process of the negotiation of meaning between producers and receivers of the text. Picken (1989) defines that general translation is transferring messages in the oral and written forms from writing to speech or from one language to another language. Bell (1991) mentions that translation is to replace a text in one language by an equivalent text in another language. Newmark (1981) views translation as a craft that attempts to replace a message and/or statement in written in one language by the equivalent message or statement in another language.
And also, he defines translation is a science, a skill, an art, and a matter of taste.