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Adapting a historical dictionary for the modern online user : the case of the dictionary of South African English on historical principles's presentation and navigation features
(Bureau of the WAT, 2016) Du Plessis, Andre; Van Niekerk, Tim
A collaboration between the Dictionary Unit for South African English (DSAE) and Stellenbosch University (SU) was initiated in 2016 to address the structure, layout and functionality of the online Dictionary of South African English on Historical Principles (DSAEHist). This article focuses on work undertaken during the initial stages of the DSAE-SU collaboration and presents current work in adapting a print historical dictionary for the digital age. As with other print dictionaries that enter the electronic medium, the pilot version of the online DSAEHist still felt and looked like a print dictionary, albeit with a somewhat more user-friendly access structure. Another difficulty that the DSAEHist faces is the need for a dictionary based on historical principles to showcase large diachronic datasets. This requires that the article and microstructure, as well as the access structure, be adapted. Apart from this, the general layout of the dictionary is also being re-evaluated and redesigned to make it more usable on online platforms. To accommodate new users and to bring the DSAEHist into the digital era (with regard to standard web and mobile practices) stylistic, navigational and functional changes are being made. This article presents these changes to show how a valuable cultural and language resource is being brought into the digital era.
Advantages and disadvantages in the use of internet as a corpus : the case of the online dictionaries of Spanish valladolid-UVa
(Bureau of the WAT, 2016) Tarp, Sven; Fuertes-Olivera, Pedro A.
This paper initially discusses some of the consequences which the technological development has for lexicography, especially in terms of the different types of empirical basis which can be used in dictionary projects. The most important advantages and disadvantages of using the Internet as a corpus are then listed and compared to the usefulness of "traditional" corpora. As an example, the paper shows how the Internet is used as the main empirical source in order to select lemmata and meaning items in the Online Dictionaries of Spanish Valladolid-UVa. The methods and tools employed in the project are discussed together with the requirements to the lexicographers' competences, knowledge and skills. Finally, the paper provides some general conclusions as well as recommendations and hypotheses for future lexicographical work and research.
Affirming a role for specialised dictionaries in indigenous African languages
(Bureau of the WAT, 2010) Nkomo, Dion
One of the main problems facing speakers and language practitioners of indigenous African languages is the shortage of appropriate dictionaries for a variety of purposes. This lack results in users consulting any available but inappropriate dictionaries. Quite often, users are disappointed because a wrong dictionary does not normally provide the required assistance. Various functions, which the dictionary may serve, are sought in vain from inappropriate dictionaries and other terminological products. Consequently, the potential of lexicography in general and specialised lexicography in particular, remains unrealised owing to a variety of reasons. This article which mainly discusses the specialised dictionary, draws insights from Wiegand's (1984) general theory of lexicography and the theory of lexicographic functions (Bergenholtz and Tarp 1995, 2003; Tarp 2000, 2002, 2008) to affirm the role of specialised dictionaries in indigenous African languages and also to give insights into how such dictionaries may be produced.
Afstand en vereenselwiging : perspektiewe op die veranderende betekenisse van boer en Boer in die Afrikaanse poësie
(AOSIS Publishing, 2000-11) Van Zyl, Dorothea
A comparison of various lemmas on boer/Boer in a number of dictionaries, as well as research on the application of these terms in a variety of poetic (and other) texts written during the 19th and 20th century, reveals interesting similarities and dissimilarities regarding both the definition and the utilization of the terms in Afrikaans and Dutch texts. In Afrikaans and in Afrikaans poetry, where Boer (and sometimes boer, under influence of the values attributed to Boer) is often used as an ethnonym, different meanings of the term correspond with the historical, sociological and ideological context. Alternatively, both terms are employed negatively, suggesting a perspective of distance, and positively, implying proximity and identification. The option selected depends on the specific intent and the context, but the terms are often used ambiguously, reflecting a multiplicity of meaning(s).
Al sietmen de lui … : perspektiewe op boere en boerejolyt in enkele Nederlandse en Afrikaanse gedigte
(AOSIS Publishing, 2001-04) Van Zyl, Dorothea
A selection of a few Dutch and Afrikaans poems from, inter alia, the seventeenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century, share so many characteristics in their combination of the subjects “farmer” (“boer”) and “feast”, that in this article the question is raised whether these stereotypes form part of a relatively fixed traditional topic or “storehouse” of conventions. Each poem utilizes colloquial language, diminutives and nicknames in the depiction of a dance party in a rural setting – an event characterized by immoderate behaviour, particularly regarding love-making and the use of liquor. More recent Afrikaans poems (written within a context where the initially negative term “Boer” has been transfigured positively due to the expansion of Afrikaner-Nationalist power) satirize other aspects, like status and wealth instead of backwardness, but it seems as if excess and transgression are still associated with “boer” in combination with festivity. The concept of farmer often functions as the Other in these poems, in binary opposition to the narrator.
'n Alledaagse andersheid : 'n ondersoek na Lauren Beukes se Zoo City as voorbeeld van heterotopiese literatuur
(LitNet, 2015-04) Van den Heever, Alettie
In hierdie artikel gebruik ek Foucault se begrip heterotopie as ’n instrument om die verskil tussen literatuur wat op ’n narratiewe vlak kompleks is en literatuur wat ’n dieperliggende kompleksiteit openbaar, te ondersoek. Wertlen (2011:16) sê in ’n resensie oor Lauren Beukes se Zoo City (2010): “Beukes clearly illustrates ‘the liberated imagination’ that the acclaimed academic, Gerald Gaylard, argues can lay the foundations for the resolution of many a complex and sensitive post-colonial tribulation Africa must wrest with.” In haar resensie oor Beukes se roman The shining girls (2013) vra Corrigall (2013:18) of die roman nie bloot ’n rondskuif van die (oppervlakkige) oppervlak van die narratief is nie. Sy voer aan dat die argitektuur van die vertelling in die geval van The shining girls deur geen “grand ideas” onderlê word nie. Verder sê sy dat dit ’n fout sou wees om narratiewe kompleksiteit aan kompleksiteit self gelyk te stel. Na aanleiding van Corrigall se bedenkinge oor The shining girls wil ek vra of Zoo City wel ’n manifestasie van Gaylard se “bevryde verbeelding” is en as sodanig daarin slaag om die kompleksiteite van ons samelewing “oop te skryf” en of dit eerder – soos Corrigall (2013:18) sê – ’n “cop-out” is; “[alleviating] the need to negotiate the sometimes irreconcilable socio-political issues of our times”. In die lig van ’n ontleding van Zoo City as heterotopiese roman maak ek ’n gevolgtrekking oor die ideologiese argitektuur van die roman en gee ’n antwoord op die vraag of Beukes se spekulatiewe fiksie in die geval van Zoo City net nog ’n ontvlugtingsopsie is.
Antjie Krog as kulturele bemiddelaar : aspekte van haar skrywerspostuur in die Lae Lande
(LitNet, 2019-06-10) Viljoen, Louise
Hierdie artikel ondersoek Antjie Krog se rol as kulturele bemiddelaar van Suid-Afrika en Afrikaans in die Lae Lande. Daar word gekies vir ’n betreklik ruim omskrywing van kulturele bemiddelaar as ’n persoon wat aktief is oor talige, artistieke en geografiese grense heen in komplekse veelrigtingprosesse om tussen tale en kulture te bemiddel. Krog se rol as kulturele bemiddelaar word verder nagegaan met behulp van die literêr-sosiologiese begrip postuur, wat volgens Alain Viala (2016) verwys na ’n skrywer se algemene manier van skrywer wees in ’n bepaalde omgewing. Die begrip is verder omskryf deur Jérôme Meizoz (2010) wat daarop wys dat die vorming van ’n skrywer se postuur ’n interaktiewe proses is waarby ’n verskeidenheid van rolspelers (soos uitgewers, joernaliste, kritici en biograwe) betrokke is. Hy onderskei verder tussen die rol wat ’n skrywer se diskoers (die tekstuele selfbeeld van die skrywer) en gedrag (openbare optredes, onderhoude, klere, toebehore, gedrag) speel in die vorming van ’n bepaalde postuur. Daar word ook verwys na Liesbet Korthals Altes (2010) wat Meizoz se terme aangepas het en verwys na ’n skrywer se diskursiewe etos (’n skrywer se tekste) en niediskursiewe etos (’n skrywer se optredes, gedrag, voorkoms, en so meer). In ’n poging om te bepaal wat Antjie Krog se rol as bemiddelaar in die Lae Lande is, word haar skrywerskap in drie fases verdeel waarin daar sprake is van ’n skrywerspostuur wat in die loop van tyd ’n bepaalde verandering en nuansering ondergaan as gevolg van kontekstuele faktore. Daar word geargumenteer dat Krog in die periode van 1970 tot 1995 die postuur van dissidente en transgressiewe skrywer aanneem, in die periode 1995 tot 2000 die postuur van medepligtige skrywer, openbare intellektueel en podiumkunstenaar, en in die periode 2000 tot 2018 die postuur van interverbonde skrywer wat steeds aktief is as openbare intellektueel en podiumkunstenaar. Aan die hand van hierdie indeling word daar ’n oorsig gegee van Krog se bemiddelingspraktyke in die Lae Lande en op bepaalde eienskappe en ontwikkelings gewys. Daar word ook beklemtoon dat die begrip postuur ’n betreklik beskeie literêre werktuig is met ’n beperkte nut en dat die inneem van ’n bepaalde postuur nie noodwendig ’n berekende proses is nie, maar dikwels ’n organiese ontwikkeling wat met veranderende kontekste verband hou.
Antjie Krog, gemeenskaplikheid en die behoefte aan interverbondenheid in Mede-wete (2014)
(LitNet, 2019) Voges, Remona
In hierdie artikel word die funksionering van die begrip interverbondenheid of interverbondenheid-tot-heelheid in Antjie Krog se bundel Mede-wete (2014) ondersoek. Die soeke na ‘n soort eenwording op verskillende vlakke dien as deurlopende onderliggende tema in die bundel. Die behoefte aan interverbondenheid, ‘n begrip wat nou saamhang met Afrikafilosofie, is ‘n tema wat deur Krog se oeuvre heen aandag geniet. Interverbondenheid is gefundeer in die Afrika-wêreldbeeld ubuntu, wat die verhouding tussen die self en die ander vooropstel. In hierdie artikel word daar veral gefokus op verskillende vorme van menslike verbintenisse en die belangrike rol wat die gemeenskap speel voordat egte ubuntu bewerkstellig kan word. Die beskouings van Afrika-filosowe soos John Mbiti, Ifeanyi Menkiti en Kwame Gyekye word betrek, aangesien Krog in haar benadering tot interverbondenheid by hulle beskouings aansluit (en sy gebruik dan ook die term interverbondenheid afwisselend met die term ubuntu). Krog bemoei haar in haar oeuvre veral met suksesvolle integrasie tussen die self binne ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse konteks. Daar is egter deur Mede-wete heen die suggestie dat suksesvolle verbondenheid tussen die self en die ander baie moeilik, en selfs onmoontlik, is. Soos in A change of tongue (2003) word kos dikwels as medium tot versoening tussen die self en die ander voorgehou. In hierdie artikel sal ek poog om die hantering van die begrip interverbondenheid in Krog se bundel Mede-wete te ondersoek en na te gaan hoe dit by die begrip ubuntu in die Afrika-filosofie aansluit. Dit word aan die hand van gekose gedigte gedoen. Die gevolgtrekking is dat die voorbereiding van kos en die handeling van saam eet ‘n manier is om verbondenheid tussen die self en die ander te bewerkstellig.
Antjie Krog’s Mede-wete/Synapse as a challenge to new ways of comparative reading
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016-07-21) Viljoen, Louise
This article reads Antjie Krog’s volume of poetry Mede-wete and its English version Synapse (both published in 2014) against the background of Rebecca Walkowitz’s proposal that the future of comparative literature will entail what she calls ‘foreign reading’. In her contribution to the American Association of Comparative Literature’s 2015 report on the state of the discipline of comparative literature (http://stateofthediscipline.acla.org) Walkowitz argues that literary texts increasingly enter the world in different languages and that this requires readings that move away from the idea that literary texts ‘belong’ to a single language, that explore the diverse ways in which they are read in different languages and that acknowledges that literary texts exist in the space created by a language’s relationship to other languages. This article takes Walkowitz’s observations as the vantage point for a discussion of the ways in which Krog’s volume (1) foreignises the Afrikaans language in order to become part of an interconnected whole; (2) urges readers, critics and literary practitioners to move beyond the confines of language-based literary systems; and (3) forces them to engage in a variety of different readings, including partial readings and collaborative readings, in order to become embedded in a larger community.
Are South African print newspaper narratives reframed for Internet news portals or not?
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2016) Feinauer, Ilse
This paper deals with the translation of newspaper texts from Afrikaans/English newspapers for Afrikaans/English Internet news portals. In this paper I discuss to what extent newspaper reports, selected for translation and subsequent publication on the Internet, undergo a reframing process and how these reports are edited, rewritten, reshaped and repackaged (transformed) for a new cultural context (Bielsa and Bassnett 2009). This study has a sociological and cultural perspective in that it deals with Baker’s (2006) narrative frame model in detecting which narrative frames can be identified in the translation of these texts from South African newspapers for a more global readership. Baker sees framing as an active strategy that implies agency through which translators consciously participate in the construction of reality within a specific socio-cultural group. The way in which and the reasons why the news teams for the Internet news portals (re)direct or reframe the perspective of reality as constituted within South African print newspapers is the main research topic.
Article structures : moving from printed to e-dictionaries
(Bureau of the WAT, 2014) Gouws, Rufus H.
By means of an overview of certain aspects of article structures in printed dictionaries and with reference to some examples from e-dictionaries a number of features of article structures in e-dictionaries are discussed. Reference is made to the positioning of articles in article stretches and functional partial article stretches. Different structural components of articles, i.e. text seg-ments, comments and search zones are distinguished. The increased role of data-identifying entries as a type of non-typographical structural indicator in e-dictionaries receives attention as well as the fact that the traditional division of an article in two comments, typically a comment on form and a comment on semantics, cannot merely be maintained. The value of the cohesion resulting from the use of comments in printed dictionaries is much more restricted in e-dictionaries. The use of search zones and rapid access to these zones have a much more important role in the article structure of e-dictionaries. In the planning of e-dictionaries provision needs to be made for a multi-layered article structure with screenshots that display the data in a variety of search zones. Access to these search zones goes via structural indicators in an opening or further screenshot. Provision needs to be made for one lemma to occur in a comprehensive article but also in a number of restricted articles that can be retrieved from the same database. Users should also have the opportunity to design their own user profile that will allow them to consult dictionary articles structured according to their specific needs.
Aspekte van die outeursfunksie in Antjie Krog se Lady Anne (1989)
(AOSIS, 2002-08-06) Crous, Marius
The purpose of this essay is to investigate the Foucauldian notion of the so-called “author function” in Antjie Krog’s seventh volume of poetry, viz. Lady Anne (1989). It is an attempt to show how the notion of the death of the author (Barthes) links up with this theorisation of Foucault. Furthermore, it is also an attempt to indicate the characteristic features of the so-called “author function” in the late eighties in Afrikaans poetry, especially with regard to the conflict between aestheticism and political ideology in poetic expression. Focus is also placed on the role of the author’s name within the discursive framework of what is regarded as “Afrikaans literature”, as well as the author’s interaction with other authors within that discursive framework, in particular, Breyten Breytenbach.
Aspekte van mikrostrukturele verskeidenheid en inkonsekwentheid
(Bureau of WAT, 2003) Gouws, Rufus H.
Dit is belangrik in enige woordeboek dat die mikrostrukturele aanbod sistematies en konsekwent moet wees. Gemotiveerde afwykings van die verstekstruktuur moet aan die gebruiker verklaar word. In hierdie artikel word aandag gegee aan verskillende tipes mikrostrukturele modelle wat in die metaleksikografie ontwikkel is, met die klem op die geïntegreerde en die niegeïntegreerde mikrostruktuur. Voorstelle word gedoen vir aanpassings in die niegeïntegreerde mikrostruktuur om 'n beter inligtingsoordrag tot gevolg te hê. Aan die hand van voorbeelde uit enkele Afrikaanse woordeboeke word gewys op die gevarieerde en inkonsekwente mikrostrukturele aanbod wat gevolg word. Die nadele van gemengde primitiewe mikrostrukture word bespreek en daar word aandag gegee aan die implikasies daarvan vir die adresseringstruktuur van 'n woordeboek. In hierdie verband word verskillende prosedures van afstandsadressering bespreek. Die teksverdigting wat dit meebring en die probleme wat gebruikers met die koördinering van koteksinskrywings en betekenisparafrases het, word beklemtoon. Aanbevelings word gedoen vir 'n mikrostruktuur wat groter erkenning gee aan die eise van 'n gebruikersgedrewe leksikografiese proses.
Aspekte van vernuwing in die Afrikaanse leksikografie : standaard- en pedagogiese woordeboeke as barometer
(Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT), 2022-12-07) Beyer, Herman Louis; Louw, Phillip A.
Innovative aspects of Afrikaans lexicography : standard and pedagogical dictionaries as barometer. The aim of this contribution is to offer an overview of the areas of most significant innovation in the Afrikaans lexicography over the past two decades, with specific reference to standard and pedagogical dictionaries, since they represent the typological categories in which most development is visible. However, reference will also be made to other dictionary types and contexts where relevant. Firstly, the current state of affairs with regard to the Afrikaans lexicography will be outlined in terms of existing lexicographic products. Secondly, some comments will be offered on the professionalisation of Afrikaans lexicography — a topic which has not really been dealt with in metalexicographical research. The roles of the Bureau of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal and commercial dictionary publishers will also be highlighted. Thereafter, secondary and specific lexicographic processes will be discussed, with reference to corpus lexicography and lemma selection, macrostructural innovation, and microstructural innovation. The discussion of the latter will include integrated microstructures in bilingual dictionaries, lexicographic definitions in monolingual dictionaries, cotext entries, and aspects of grammatical data. The state of affairs and future of the Afrikaans e-lexicography will also be addressed. Finally, some comments on special dictionaries will be offered.
’n Behoefte-analise as eerste fase in die ontwerp van ’n taakgebaseerde sillabus vir Afrikaanstweedetaalonderrig op universiteitsvlak
(LitNet Akademies, 2010-08) Adendorff, Elbie
Abstract: The implementation of a multilingual language policy in South Africa requires the teaching and learning of Afrikaans as a second or additional language and especially the teaching of Afrikaans for specific purposes to adult learners. The latter has not received much attention in the South African context, especially research on the learning and teaching of Afrikaans for specific purposes in a university context. My research on Afrikaans as a second language has as framework Task-Based Language Learning and Teaching (Ellis 2003 and Nunan 2004). The research focuses on the challenges that await students in a multilingual university context and how task-based teaching fills these needs and challenges. The Cognition Hypothesis of Robinson (2001a, 2001b, 2003, 2005, 2007) posits a needs analysis, with target tasks as outcome, as a starting point for pedagogic task development. For the purpose of the article, a needs analysis was conducted through the use of a questionnaire and interviews with students at a university. This needs analysis shows that students whose first language is not Afrikaans have the need to acquire communicative skills in Afrikaans to communicate effectively with fellow students and lecturers at the university.
’n Behoefte-analise met die oog op die ontwerp van ’n Taal vir Spesifieke Doeleindes (TSD)-kursus vir leerderonderwysers met Afrikaans as tweede taal
(Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2014) Greyling, Arne; Adendorff, Elbie
Die implementering van ’n veeltaligheidsbeleid in Suid-Afrika vereis dat die onderrig en leer van Afrikaans as tweede taal, met spesifieke fokus op die onderrig van Afrikaans vir spesifieke doeleindes aan volwassenes (ook op universiteitsvlak), aandag geniet. Onderwysers en onderwysstudente moet daarop voorberei word om effektief onderrig te kan gee, aangesien daar van leerders verwag word om op ’n akademiese vlak met taal te kan omgaan. Die Nasionale Departement van Onderwys verwag onder meer van nuutgekwalifiseerde onderwysers om in die algemeen sowel as binne hul spesifieke vakgebiede effektief te kan kommunikeer aangesien onderwysers as tussengangers van leer optree. Die doel van hierdie artikel is om die spesifieke behoeftes van eerstejaar-onderwysstudente met Afrikaans as tweede taal te ondersoek met die doel om ŉ taakgebaseerde Afrikaans vir spesifieke doeleindes-kursus te ontwerp. Sekere faktore moet in ag geneem word by die ontwerp van ’n sillabus, naamlik die kulturele, opvoedkundige en organisatoriese aspekte, die taalaanleerder, die onderwyser en die beskikbaarheid van onderrigmateriaal. ’n Behoefte-analise kan gebruik word om te verseker dat daar aan bogenoemde faktore aandag geskenk word met die ontwerp van ’n sillabus. Nog voordele wat behoefte-analises inhou, is dat onderrigmetodes kan verbeter, onderwysers kan aanpas by die verskillende taalaanleerders in hulle klasse en taalaanleerders deur die leerproses kan lei. Die artikel lewer verslag van ’n ondersoek oor die ontwerp van ’n Afrikaanse spesifiekedoeleindeskursus vir eerstejaar-onderwysstudente. Die spesifieke fokus is op die behoefte-analises wat onderneem is. ’n Reeks metodologiese stappe wat gevolg kan word in ’n behoefte-analise met die oog op kursusontwerp, tesame met die toepassing daarvan, word in die artikel aangebied.
Beloken blikvelden in de Lage Landen. Eenentwintigste-eeuwse receptie van Nederlandse vertalingen van Afrikaanse poezie
(Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association, 2013) T'Sjoen, Yves
The South African poets Ingrid Jonker, Antjie Krog and Ronelda S. Kamfer are part of the literary system of the Low Countries. Their introduction in the Netherlands and Flanders was accomplished by translations into Dutch. An analysis of the role and the image-building of foreign literature in the Dutch-speaking world is important for (the study of) literary historiography. The presence and the reception of the three selected South African poets and their works are documented in this paper. Critics are not only interested in the literary production of national authors but also in the poetry of foreign writers (mainly available through translations). In this way, poets and their works start functioning in the literary poly-system of the Netherlands and Flanders. The manner in which images are created tells us something about the presence of Jonker, Krog and Kamfer in contemporary Dutch literature. Not only are the reactions of readers (or critics) fundamental to the study of literary reception, the way in which these writers and their poetry have gained particular positions in the literary system should also be part of the research. Revealing questions deal with the role played by intermediaries, the selection criteria for poems in anthologies, translation strategies, the promotion by commercial publishers. Foreign literature is interwoven with the poetical discourses of a national literary system. In this respect, the translated poetry by the three selected South African (Afrikaans writing) female authors is part of the borderless (Dutch) literature.
Die bewerking van idiome in tweetalige woordeboeke
(Bureau of the WAT, 2006) Potgieter, Liezl
Dictionaries are important and necessary aids for translators, but still many translators have mixed feelings especially regarding bilingual dictionaries. While on the one hand they cannot really work without them, on the other hand bilingual dictionaries often give the translator little or no guidance. It also appears that bilingual dictionaries are not sufficient aids for professional translators in the translation of idioms. Theories regarding and approaches to translation are broached in the discussion. The translation of idioms entails more than just the translation of single words. In this article, attention is given to the present treatment of idioms in bilingual dictionaries, as well as problems with which translators are confronted in the translation of idioms.
Breyten Breytenbachs poezie in Raster
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017) Bourgeus, Camille; T'Sjoen, Yves
From 1969 until 1972 the South-African writer and graphic artist Breyten Breytenbach published 29 poems, prose texts and three drawings in the Dutch experimental periodical Raster (first edition: 1967). H. C. ten Berge, writer, poet and Raster's main editor, attributed Breytenbach an unusually prominentÂ position in his magazine. In the Dutch language area of the late sixties and early seventies, Breytenbach was mostly known for his political engagement within the anti-apartheid movement. Ten Berge, however, also praised his work for its formal and experimental aesthetic qualities. According to Ten Berge experiment and engagement are related to one another in a very unique way. By examining the position of Breytenbach in Raster, the paper presents a documentation of the exceptional literary relationship between Breytenbach and Ten Berge, as well as their shared interest in certain motifs in poetry, the use of a specific metaphoric language (e.g. perception of nature and body) and a common belief in the power of poetic language.
Die bronteksouteur se bydrae tot die produksieproses van literêre vertalings
(Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014) Spies, Carla-Marie
In hierdie artikel word ŉ empiriese studie onderneem waarin die bydrae van die bronteksouteur in die produksieproses van literêre vertaling bestudeer word. Om hierdie doel te bereik, word drie produksieprosesse van literêre vertalings, To hell with Cronjé (Winterbach 2007b), My name is Vaselinetjie (Von Meck 2009a) en In bushveld and desert: A game ranger’s life (Bakkes 2008) retrospektiewelik bestudeer deur elke proses te herkonstrueer om die veranderinge wat die bronteksouteurs aangebring het, asook hulle korrespondensie met ander produksieagente, bloot te lê. Hiervoor word manuskripte, notas en e‑poskorrespondensie wat tydens elke produksieproses geproduseer is, kwalitatief ontleed. Antwoorde op semi‑gestruktureerde vraelyste word ook as sekondêre data bestudeer om die produksieagente die geleentheid te bied om oor die produksieproses te reflekteer en aan die navorser dinamika en aangeleenthede wat nie uit die primêre data afgelei kon word nie, te verduidelik. Die ontleding word gedoen teen die agtergrond van relevante sosiologiese, vertaal- en redigeer/revisieteorie, en bevindinge van vorige studies wat in die agtergrondbespreking aangebied word. Uit die analise kan daar gesien word dat alhoewel al die produksieagente ŉ beduidende rol in die produksie van ŉ literêre vertaling speel, wil dit wel voorkom of die bronteksouteur die produksieagent is wat die meeste status/outoriteit in die produksieproses geniet en gevolglik ook die meeste mag het en invloed kan uitoefen. Verder kan daar gesien word dat die betrokkenheid van die bronteksouteur in al drie prosesse voordelig was om inhoudelike foute en verkeerde interpretasies uit te skakel en ander produksieagente se vrae te beantwoord. Daar word egter ook aangedui dat die betrokkenheid van die bronteksouteur in sekere opsigte nadelig vir die produksieproses kan wees, byvoorbeeld wanneer hy/sy die teks tot só ŉ mate oorvertaal dat hy/sy as’t ware die rol van die vertaler oorneem en/of ander produksieagente ondermyn, wat wedywering en ŉ magswanbalans tot gevolg kan hê en die produksieproses kan strem.

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