• 영어영문학
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• 제57권2호
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• pp.217-235
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• 2011

On recognizing the significance of Walter Benjamin's "The Task of a Translator" in recent discourses of postcolonial cultural translation, this essay examines the creative postcolonialist appropriations of Benjamin's theory of translation and their political implications. In an effort to dismantle the imperialist political hierarchy between the West and the non-West, modernity and its "primitive" others, which has been the operative premise of the traditional translation studies and anthropology, newly emergent discourses of cultural translation actively adopts Benjamin's notion of translation that does not prioritize the original text's claim on authenticity. Benjamin theorizes each text-translation as well as the original-as an incomplete representation of the pure language. Eschewing formalistic views propounded by deconstructionist critics like Paul de Man, who tend to regard Benjamin's notion of the untranslatable purely in terms of the failure inherent in the language system per se, such postcolonialist critics as Tejaswini Niranjana, Rey Chow, and Homi Bhabha, each in his/her unique way, recuperate the significatory potential of historicity embedded in Benjamin's text. Their further appropriation of the concept of the "untranslatable" depends on a radically political turn that, instead of focusing on the failure of translation, salvages historical as well as cultural potentiality that lies between disparate cultural entities, signifying differences, or disjunctures, that do not easily render themselves to existing systems of representation. It may therefore be concluded that postcolonial discourses on cultural translation of Niranhana, Chow, and Bhabha, inspired by Benjamin, each translate the latter's theory into highly politicized understandings of translation, and this leads to an extensive rethinking of the act of translation itself to include all forms of cultural exchange and communicative activities between cultures. The disjunctures between these discourses and Benjamin's text, in that sense, enable them to form a sort of theoretical constellation, which aspires to an impossible yet necessary utopian ideal of critical thinking.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제24권
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• pp.84-98
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• 2011

This paper aims to analyze the influences of the socio-cultural environment on discourse in translation. To illustrate a deep connection between discourses and societies in which they were produced, communicative patterns of high- and low-context cultures are examined. Though the original version of the translated text comes from a different culture, the translation reflects communicative preferences of the target culture. To uncover some of these preferences, a comparative study of two translations from Russian into English and from English into Russian is conducted. This study, together with further investigation of some more recent translations into Russian, revealed a number of choices affected by translators' cultural background (for example, making the translation more emotionally charged) and current ideological preferences in the society (excessive use of anglicisms).

• 대한한의진단학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.33-44
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• 2018

Objectives This study aimed to perform a cross-cultural translation of 5 kinds of pattern identification questionnaires from Korean to English: questionnaires for seven emotions, fatigue and malaise, phlegm, food retention, and blood stasis. Methods We followed the strict guideline on the cross-cultural translation of healthcare evaluation tool. Total five stages of study were conducted. First, translations of two individual translators. Second, synthesizing of the two results. Third, two back translations from synthesized version to Korean. Fourth, expert committee reviewed with the original version, synthesized version, back translated versions to make a pre-final version. Last, with the pre-final version, 5 Americans evaluated face validity of the pre-final version. We made a final version after the above-mentioned 5 stages. Result and conclusion International versions of the 5 kinds of pattern identification questionnaires were completed. We can expect this versions are widly used for clinical usage and following academical researches.

• 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘텐츠학회 2019년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.335-336
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• 2019

최근 많은 콘텐츠들이 생성되면서 리메이크 라는 개념이 중요해 지기 시작했다. 그러면서 주목받았던 것은 문화적 근접성(Cultural Proximity)이다. 하지만 시대가 변함에따라 문화에대한 거부감이 사라지며 글로벌 시대에 도래한 최근에는 문화적 근접성으로서만 리메이크 콘텐츠를 몬의하기에는 부족하다.본 연구는 문화번역이론(cultural translation)을 통해 리메이크 문화콘텐츠를 살펴 보고, 문화번역이론에서 말하듯이 번역이라는 것이 언어적인 것에서만 말할 수 있는 것이 아닌 문화적 차원에서 논의할 수 있다는 것이 가장 큰 핵심이다.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제45권
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• pp.55-83
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• 2016

한국 대학에서 영시에 대한 수요를 높이기 위해 실제 수업과정에서 학습자가 겪는 어려움을 확인하고, 그 원인을 분석하며, 텍스트 해석 과정에 개입되는 언어학적, 문화적, 문학적 변수들을 확인한다. 담론의 구성에서 내용의 의의에 이르기까지 시 텍스트는 산문을 포함하여 다른 담론을 판단하는데 유용한 본보기가 될 수 있다. 다양한 글을 읽는 것이 필수적인 영문과 학생이 시를 읽기 싫어해서는 안 되는 이유이다. 학습자가 시를 읽으면서 실제로 미학적인 쾌락을 느끼고 구체적인 보상을 받을 수 있도록 도와주는 것이 필요하다. 실제 수업의 환경에서 시 텍스트를 어떻게 번역하는가, 특히 오역이 어떻게 생산되는지를 확인하게 되면 학습자의 어려움을 덜어주는 교수자의 개입이 보다 효과적으로 이루어질 수 있다. 시 텍스트를 구성하고 있는 영어 문장의 언어적, 문화적 특성상 일차적 의미 혹은 축자적 의미를 파악하는 과정은 영어를 모국어로 하지 않는 대부분의 학습자들에게는 그 자체로 매우 복합적인 언어적, 문화적, 예술적 경험이 생성, 변용, 축적되는 과정이다. 따라서 이 논문은 오역을 일종의 문화번역의 경우로 간주하고 한국 대학 영시수업에서 주로 사용하는 시 텍스트를 선정, 학습자들이 오역을 생산하는 기제와 그 기제의 원인을 규명한다.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제46권
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• pp.411-434
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• 2017

응구기는 최근 기쿠유어로 쓴 자신의 작품을 50여개 이상의 아프리카 지역어로 번역하는 작업에 관여하고 있다. 이는 로컬의 다양한 언어와 문화의 가치를 수호하기 위해 서구의 강한 언어와 문화에 맞서는 구체적인 행동이다. 한편 응구기는 자신의 작품을 영어로도 직접 번역하였는데, 이는 아프리카 문화의 폐쇄성을 막고 외부의 지평으로 열어두는 수평적 운동을 위한 것이다. 요컨대 주변부 언어 간의 대화도 중요하지만, 지배언어와 주변부 언어 간의 대화 역시 중요하다는 것을 강조하고 있는 것이다. 이때 번역이 이러한 역할을 수행하는 가교가 된다고 본다. 한편 사이먼 기칸디와 같은 학자는 응구기의 영어소설은 응구기 자신이 보존하려는 기쿠유어가 아니라 오히려 번역언어인 영어를 더욱 강화시켜 주는 것은 아닌지 의심한다. 강한 언어인 영어로의 번역본이 상대적으로 소수언어인 기쿠유 원본의 존재와 권위를 훼손하는 딜레마에 빠지게 된다는 것이다. 그러나 포스트식민 번역을 다루는 여러 학자들은 '두터운' 번역이 원본의 권위를 훼손하기 보다는 일종의 '새로운' 텍스트로서 문화적 대화와 소통의 메커니즘 속에서 작동한다고 주장한다. 또 응구기는 영어 번역본을 통해 아프리카 외부와 소통하고 아프리카 다양한 지역어로의 번역을 통해 내부와 소통하는 이중적인 전략을 구사한다. 응구기는 번역을 다양한 보편들의 대화와 연대, 나아가 보편적 보편을 탐색하는 가능성의 매체로 본다.

• 한방비만학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2019

Objectives: Eating self-efficacy is an important predictor of successful weight control behaviors during obesity treatment. The Weight Efficacy Life-Style Questionnaire (WEL) is an internationally used measure of eating self-efficacy. The objective of this study was to develop the Korean version of WEL (K-WEL) and verify face validity. Methods: According to previously published guidelines, the cross-cultural translation was conducted through organizing the expert committee, translation, back-translation, synthesis, grammar review, and final synthesis. Following the translation of the WEL into Korean, face validity was performed for 35 subjects. Results: After all the versions of the questionnaire were examined, the translated WEL questionnaires were finally synthesized and licensed by the developer in writing. Regarding the translated WEL questionnaires, seven out of 35 subjects (20%) offered ideas about ambiguous expressions in them. All four points indicated in the face validity verification were additionally modified for greater clarity and understanding. Conclusions: We developed the Korean version of WEL and completed face validity. In future research, it would be necessary to provide further study on the reliability and validity of the Korean version of WEL.

• 수완나부미
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.157-175
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• 2020

This paper presents the work of Southeast Asian scholar Ramon Guillermo. Using sophisticated computer-aided methods, Guillermo approaches a range of topics in the wide fields of social sciences and the humanities. A creative writer as well as an activist, Guillermo grounds his studies in nationalism and Marxism. Particularly interested in Indonesian and Philippine society and culture, Guillermo engages with the writings of labor leaders Tan Malaka and Lope K. Santos, translations of Marx's Capital into Bahasa and Filipino, and studies as well the discursive and historical connections between the Communist Parties of both countries. The paper aims to introduce the innovations of Guillermo's studies, particularly in the fields of cultural studies and translation studies. The type of cultural studies Guillermo practices is empirical, taking inspiration from innovations done in the digital humanities. Guillermo is most opposed to trendy, fashion-seeking approaches that are not grounded on history. He reserves particular ire for "hip" postcolonialism, and instead praises studies that are founded on politics and materialism. In translation studies, Guillermo goes beyond the mere cataloguing of mistakes. For him, it is the mistakes and "perversities" of a translation that is interesting and illuminating. Guillermo himself is a translator, and the paper ends with a brief discussion of his production in this field.

• 중국학논총
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• 제63호
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• pp.137-159
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• 2019

In this paper, I tried to analyse the recent trend of Korean translation of Chinese novels. I categorized the korean translation into several types, and tried to reveal the meaning of the "Hiding of Chinese element" phenomenon that has recently emerged in the translation of Internet novels. KOCM has been translating quite a fewChinese Internet novels. One of the publisher's translations, , which has gained considerable popularity in Korea, will be a focus of the analysis. The localization strategy of is quite damaging to the original work. At the same time, however, it also makes it easier for readers to consume novels without experiencing cultural discounts. Therefore, could be considered as a experiment to overcome the cultural gap between the two countries.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.1147-1154
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• 1999

The Profile of Mood States (POMS) is the most widely used self-report instrument for the measurement of affect or mood in clinical and nonclinical populations. This paper reports on the translation and testing of a Korean version of the POMS. The translation involved three steps: translation, checking agreement, and panel discussions to arrive at consensus. Then, the Korean version of the POMS was tested with a sample of 47 healthy Koreans who lived in the U.S.; they completed the instrument in the morning, at the beginning of work and in the evening, at the end of work. Internal consistencies for the total scale and subscales were high (alphas ＝ .93 and .94). Face and content validity and the cultural relevance of the Korean version of the POMS were tested through review by five bilingual Korean nursing scholars who were familiar with Korean culture and with the current literature on affect, feeling or mood in both English and Korean. The Korean version of the POMS was then compared with the Haeok Fatigue Behavior Check-list and demonstrated with concurrent validity (r ＝ .87, p ＜ .001). Construct validity was established by demonstrating significant differences between the scores on the Fatigue and Vigor subscales (p ＜ .001) at the beginning work and at the end of work.