Cultural context adaptions of children's literature : A case study of The joining

摘要

This research report is concerned with translation in which culture plays a major role,udand examines the issues involved in translating for a specific audience – in this caseudArabic-speaking Moslem children in Egypt. Translation is firstly discussed in audbroader context, demonstrating that translation needs to be understood either asud“rewriting” or “cultural textualisation” (Snell-Hornby, 1997:123). Secondly, theudtranslation of children’s literature is discussed as a type of translation operatingudthrough an encounter with both culture and linguistics. Overlaps between languageudand culture are located and the importance of contextual adaptation is emphasised inudrelation to solutions proposed for addressing the cultural problems raised in theudtranslation of Peter Slingsby’s The Joining for Egyptian children. In conclusion,udsuggestions are made concerning translation as adaptation in the form of possibleudguidelines for future translators of children’s literature into Arabic.