Trainspotting - Analysis of the German Translation of the Chapter "Strolling Through the Meadows" with the Model of Juliane House (Translation Quality Assessment)
Author | : Maritta Schwartz |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783640552801 |
ISBN-13 | : 3640552806 |
Rating | : 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Literature III: Literature Translation, 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: "Trainspotting" is the title of a novel, written by the contemporary Scottish author Irvine Welsh. The plot is set in contemporary Edinburgh, i.e. Leith, and deals with the lives and experiences of a group of heroin junkies. The chapter we are looking at deals with a nightly walk through the meadows that three of the characters set off to after a visit in a Pub. They are in search of two other mates of them. During their stroll they meet two girls they know and come across a squirrel which two of them attempt to hurt. The attempt is prevented by the third.