The concept of equivalence can be said to hold a central position in translation studies. In this particular thesis, different aspects of the equivalence concept are discussed on the basis of five German source texts and their respective Swedish translations. The source texts are situated within the field of beekeeping and were first published in Deutsches Bienenjournal and translated for the Swedish magazine Bitidningen. The equivalence theory presented by the translation theorist Werner Koller (2011) forms the basis of the analysis. Koller distinguishes five different types of equivalence: denotative, connotative, text-normative, pragmatic and formal-aesthetic equivalence. Koller’s equivalence concept is presented and discussed with a selection of illustrative examples displaying translation problems which arose during the translation of the source texts. In the thesis, special attention is paid to when and how the different equivalence aspects were considered. Specifically, it is made evident that sometimes very different translation solutions can be justified depending on which equivalence aspect the translator finds the most important in the current case. In addition, it is argued that the translator has to establish a hierarchy of the most important values of equivalence in each different translation case and for each different target text in order to make the most suitable translation decision. It is also stated that Koller’s theory is very useful for the translator when making decisions in difficult cases and, furthermore, that all of Koller’s five types of equivalence were relevant for the translation decision-making process.

Uppsatsen utgör en analys av utvalda delar av den tyska översättningen av guideboken På fjälltur: Sarek av Claes Grundsten. Fokus i analysen ligger på översättningen av termer och bildspråk. Syftet med analysen var att undersöka hur översättaren på tyska har återgett naturbeskrivningarna som speglas i termerna och bildspråket, och hur denna återgivning påverkar läsarens uppfattning av boken. Analysen visade att översättaren, Florian Martin, till största del har bevarat bildspråket, med några fall av försvagade eller utelämnade bildspråksuttryck. Majoriteten av termerna var översatta med generaliseringar, vilket kan innebära att författarens specialkunskaper undanhålls. Detta i kombination med att författarens personliga engagemang för fjällen uttrycks i något lägre grad i och med bildförluster i översättningen av bildspråket kan innebära att guidebokens trovärdighet uppfattas som något lägre i den tyska översättningen. / This master’s thesis consists of an analysis of selected parts from the German translation of the Swedish guidebook På fjälltur: Sarek by Claes Grundsten. The analysis focuses on the translation of terminology and figurative language. The purpose of the analysis was to investigate how the German translator had rendered the descriptions of nature reflected in the terminology and the figurative language, and how this rendering affects the reader’s perception of the book. The analysis showed that the translator, Florian Martin, for the most part had preserved the figurative language, with the exceptions of a few diminished or omitted expressions. The majority of terms were translated by means of generalization, which could suppress the author’s expertise knowledge. This, in combination with the author’s personal dedication for the Swedish mountains being expressed to a lower extent, due to the loss of figuration in the translation of the figurative language, could mean that the credibility is perceived as slightly lower in the German translation.