2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Research on translatability and translation methods of role language and character language
| Project/Area Number |
19K00574
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | 役割語 / 翻訳 / キャラクター / 日本語 / フィクション / 村上春樹 / ジブリアニメ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study focused mainly on Haruki Murakami's full-length novels, with the goal of attempting to generalize the techniques of fiction translation between Japanese and other languages through analysis of individual works. Specifically, we investigated the dialects that appear in Murakami's works, specific vocabulary, the speech patterns of specific characters, and the actual conditions of their English and Chinese translations.
We also examined the theoretical consideration of "character" as the basis of our research. In conclusion, we proposed that "character" is an attribute of a person in general, that role words and character language are positioned as part of the linguistic characteristics of "character," and that "character," an attribute, and "personality," which carries uniqueness, are united to form an “individual."
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| Free Research Field |
言語学、日本語学、役割語研究、キャラクター研究
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
アニメ、マンガや村上春樹の小説等は、日本が世界に誇る文化資源であるが、これらの作品には役割語がふんだんに用いられていて、作品の魅力の一部をなしている。しかし日本語の役割語の他言語への翻訳は、一般的に極めて困難であることが本研究によって明らかとなった。では、役割語を直接翻訳することに代わる手段をどのように探るべきか。この点について本研究は、キャラクターがフィクションを読み解く際にどのような機能を果たすかという原理的な考察を深めることによって、その可能性を示すことができると考え、その方向性を提示することに成功した。
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