The primary aim of the present study is to gain an understanding of the translation process involved when translating song lyrics by investigating to what extent 10 translation features occur in a corpus of 12 song lyrics from the musicals CHESS, MAMMA MIA! and Kristina från Duvemåla. Comparing the source texts to the translated texts, taking into account: number of words, syllables vs. words, word-for-word translations, additions/omissions, metaphors, rhymes, reorganization of text, paraphrases and last if there were any untranslated English words kept in the Swedish version – led to the conclusion that the translation strategy of using paraphrases (express something written in other words) was the most common translation strategy used when translating song lyrics. In addition, translating song lyrics also requires a translator who is musical, has good association skills, a large vocabulary and is also very good at playing with words. Taking the findings into consideration it could be said that the word 'translation' should be avoided in reference to the act of transferring the song lyrics of a musical in one language into another language. More apt descriptive phrases for this process would probably be 'text arrangement' or 'interpretation'.

The aim of this thesis has been to analyze German light verb constructions with the light verb leisten and their translations into Swedish. From the identified types containing a nominalization + leisten as parts of a light verb construction, three construction types were examined more closely, namely Beitrag leisten, Arbeit leisten and Hilfe leisten. These light verb constructions showed a higher representation in the material and were hence selected for a further in-depth study. As for the translations into Swedish, three main translation strategies were identified: word-for-word translations, full-verb replacements, and paraphrases/omissions.  The results show that paraphrasing is the preferred strategy, although the result is quite even between all the strategies. The results also show that each of the three constructions preferred one each of the three translation strategies, which opens for further studies in this area. One explanation for this is, relating to the semantic meaning of the nouns and to their flexible characteristics into Swedish, that nouns with a narrower semantic meaning are more inclined to be translated word-for-word, but also depending on whether the nominalization has a function as a direct object in the sentence, is modified by an adjective, or is merely part of a predicative.

В магистерской диссертации осуществлена попытка разграничить буквализм как переводческую ошибку и буквальность как стратегию перевода. Сопоставлены разновременные русскоязычные варианты XXXII главы романа Ч. Диккенса «Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба». Сделаны выводы об исторической эволюции отношения к буквальному переводу. / This master’s thesis attempts to distinguish the word-for-word translation as an error and as a translator’s strategy. Chapter XXXII of «The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club» by Charles Dickens is compared in two Russian versions. The author draws conclusions on the historical evolution of the attitude towards word-for-word translation.

Магистерская диссертация представляет собой исследование переводов Анны Ахматовой из древнекитайской поэзии. Сопоставительный анализ «оригинал – подстрочник – перевод» ведется на трем основных уровнях: лексическом, образном и строфически-композиционном. В итоге делаются выводы о том, что из двух способов перевода – дословное воспроизведение языка оригинала и перевод, основанный на стремлении отразить "дух", Ахматова избирает второй. / This master's thesis is a study of Anna Akhmatova's translations from ancient Chinese poetry. The comparative analysis of "original - word for word translation - translation" is conducted on three main levels: lexical, figurative and strophic-compositional. The conclusion is that Akhmatova chooses the second of the two modes of translation - word for word translation of the original language and translation based on the desire to reflect the "spirit".