Intralingual Translation of British Novels: A Multimodal Stylistic Perspective (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350151871)

Building on an upsurge of interest in the Americanization of British novels triggered by the Harry Potterseries, this book explores the various ways that British novels, from children's fiction to travelogues and Book Prize winners, have been adapted and rewritten for the US market.

Drawing on a vast corpus of over 80 works and integrating the latest research in multimodality and stylistics, the book analyses the modifications introduced to make British English texts more culturally acceptable and accessible to the American English reader. From paratextual differences in cover, illustrations, typeface and footnotes to dialectal changes to lexis, tense, syntax and punctuation, Linda Pilli鑽e reveals the sociocultural and ideological pressures involved in intralingual translation and shows how the stylistic effects of such changes - including loss of meaning, voice, rhythm, and word play - often result in a more muted American edition. The book also sheds light on the role of the editor as mediator between original author and target reader, the prescriptive style guides used by US copy-editors and the power relations between agents active in the translation process. In doing so, it shows how homing in on numerous small adjustments can provide fascinating insights into the American publishing process and readership.

Author: Linda Pilli鑽e
ISBN-10: 1350151874
ISBN-13: 9781350151871
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 05/20/2021
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d