Konkurskarantcene hvordan overscetter man det?

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Konkurskarantcene hvordan overscetter

man det?

En terminologisk analyse af udvalgte termer inden for dansk insolvensret med scerligt fokus pa konkurskarantcene set i

forhold til en engelsk og en global malgruppe

Kandidatafhandling Cand.ling.merc.

Talk og translat0r Merethe Pals Vermund

Copenhagen Business School Den 25. januar 2016 Vejleder: Mette Hjort-Pedersen

Antal anslag: 181.720 Antal sider: 79,9

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ABSTRACT

Konkurskarantcene - how can that be translated?

A terminological analysis of selected terms from Danish insolvency law with special focus on

konkurskarant;;ene

viewed in relation to an English and a global target group

In January 2014 alterations to the Danish Insolvency Act came into force, containing new rules regarding konkurskarantcene (disqualification for unfitness), in an attempt to fight cases regarding the Phoenix syndrome/serial failings. Translations of the new terminology regarding konkurskarantcene is at present not incorporated in bilingual dictionaries or reference books, which makes translation of these terms into English problematic. There is therefore a need to examine how these terms can be translated. Sarcevic

This thesis sets out to comparatively examine Danish and English insolvency law with special focus on konkurskarantcene, which forms the foundation for a terminological analysis of selected Danish and English terms and their intension, in order to be able to determine how these terms can be translated most effectively. In addition to finding appropriate translations for an English target group, I have established how to translate these terms into a Global English by identifying which translation strategies should be suitably used when translating to a global target group. A problem arises when a translated text should be made for a target group that is internationally diverse and consists of people coming from various legal cultures, because which target legal culture should one address the translation to? Seven Danish terms were selected to undergo the terminological analysis resulting in translation proposals for both target groups on the basis of discussions on equivalence and strategies.

In the analysis, I found partial equivalence between most of these Danish terms and their English equivalents, to varying degrees, and predominantly differences between the Danish and English terms were found although mainly on a structural level. Alternative translation strategies were therefore suggested for both target groups. A discussion of these proposals and their strategies established a slight tendency to enhanced use of neutral target language-oriented equivalents and source language-oriented translation strategies for a global target group, as opposed to the more distinct use (or re-use) of functional equivalents as well as neutral target language-oriented equivalents for an English target group. It can therefore be concluded that choosing which translation strategy to use depends on the target group.

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