Doctoral Degrees (Afrikaans and Dutch)

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    Andre P. Brink as vertaler
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2023-12) De Roubaix, Lelanie; Feinauer, Ilse; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Afrikaans and Dutch.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: André P. Brink (1935-2015) was one of the most famous literary figures in South Africa. His impressive oeuvre spanned more than five decades and comprised various different genres, including numerous translations. In the 1970s and 1980s, Brink gained international attention with political novels that brought the injustices of the apartheid regime in South Africa to the attention of readers across the world. In 1973, Brink’s novel Kennis van die aand became the first Afrikaans book to be banned in South Africa. He decided to translate the novel into English. After it was published (in English as Looking on darkness), Brink would continue to produce an Afrikaans and English version of each of his novels. This dissertation entails a qualitative descriptive analysis of André P. Brink as translator. Brink had a very distinct conception of translation, which can be deduced from his opinions on translation in various interviews, letters, and translators’ notes. He draws a clear distinction between translation, self-translation and bilingual writing respectively. In this study, the translation products of these processes are analysed in order to determine whether the distinction that Brink makes between the processes gives rise to differences in the translation products. Eight novels, examples of Brink’s translations between Afrikaans and English, are discussed with reference to a custom model and contextualised within Brink’s habitus. Ultimately, the study aims to determine whether Brink’s conception of translation, as deduced from extratextual sources, matches the translation approach and strategies apparent in his translations.