การศึกษาการแปลประโยคคำถามต่อสร้อยในวรรณกรรมสตรีสมัยใหม่

Abstract

The objectives of this qualitative research were to study the translating tag questions in Chick-literatures and to study types of tag questions usages. There were 4 Chick-literatures used in this study which were (1) Bridget Jones's Diary, written by Helen Fielding and its Thai translation by Ploy Chariyavej (2) Confessions of a Shopaholic, written by Sophie Kinsella, and its Thai translation by Ploy Chariyavej (3) The Devil Wears Prada, written by Lauren Weisberger and its Thai translation by Chitraporn Notoda and (4) Good in Bed, written by Jennifer Weiner) and its Thai translation by Atcharattana. The results revealed that there are 10 types of tag question usages which are (1) to reaffirm the speaker's data and opinion (2) to express the speaker's opinion (3) The use of tag questions, by the speaker, to ask himself or to show his own opinion (4) to reduce verbal harshness; such as irony, command and blaming. (5) to ask for information (6) to emphasize on what is said (7) to open a conversation or to bring the audience into it (8) to ask for permission (9) to end a conversation and (10) to persuade or convince the audience. There are two translation strategies used in the study which are (1) Formbased comparative translation or literal translation and (2) Equivalent-based translation. It was found that the translators used equivalent-based translation as their majority of translation strategies as they had prioritized the author's intention. Because of grammatical difference, they had to adapt the meaning in their translation, preserving main ideas and important points so that the translated version would not be lengthy.