Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Every year, the South African President delivers a State of the Nation Address. This speech
provides him with the opportunity to raise his opinion on the current state of affairs in the
country. As can be expected, the country's different media channels then report extensively
on the speech. These reports can, however, be regarded as much more than simple
commentaries on the speech – they are in fact, reframed versions of the speech that affect
and shape the opinions and ideologies of their readers. These media channels also provide
the perfect vehicles through which links can be established between citizens to support their
belief that they form part of an established community (Bielsa and Bassnett 2009:33).
Wherever communication is present or necessary, it is impossible to escape the process or
effect of framing, as framing implies “‘how speakers mean what they say’” (Tannen and
Wallat, 1993:60; in Baker, 2006:105). Therefore, the presence and effects of framing should
not be ignored, instead, translation scholars should be aware of framing and how this
process affects translated texts. Mona Baker introduced the idea that the translated and
reformulated narratives that we are exposed to constitute the everyday stories that shape
the way we perceive reality (Baker 2006:3). By studying these translated versions of the
speech one can gain insight into the ideologies of the intended target readership (Bielsa and
Bassnett 2009:10). In the ever-growing field of Translation Studies it is important to focus on finding an
approach that provides enough freedom for scholars to elaborate on existing approaches
and include new findings and results. This thesis focuses on the narrative approach and
explores Baker's views by taking a deeper look at rewritten versions of the SONA in the
shape of newspaper articles. It also suggests that this approach has the potential to provide
scholars with a much-needed framework. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Elke jaar gee die President van Suid-Afrika ʼn staatsrede waarin hy sy mening lug oor die
huidige stand van sake in die land. Dit is te verwagte dat die verskillende mediakanale dan
breedvoerig oor hierdie toespraak verslag lewer. Hierdie verslae is egter veel meer as
eenvoudige kommentaar op die President se toespraak, hulle is in effek, hergekonstrueerde
weergawes van die toespraak, wat sodoende deel van ʼn nuwe raamwerk uitmaak – ʼn
raamwerk wat ʼn belangrike rol speel in die vorming van lesers se menings en ideologieë.
Hierdie mediakanale bied ook die perfekte mediums om kommunikasie tussen die
onderskeie lede van ʼn gemeenskap in werking te stel sodat hulle sal glo dat hulle deel vorm
van ʼn gevestigde gemeenskap (Bielsa en Bassnett 2009:33).
Waar kommunikasie ter sprake is, is dit onmoontlik om die proses van herskrywing te vermy,
aangesien die plasing van inligting in ʼn nuwe raam verwant is aan “‘hoe sprekers bedoel wat
hulle sê’” (Tannen en Wallat, 1993:60; in Baker, 2006:105). Dus moet die effek van
herskrywing nie onderskat word nie; inteendeel, vertalers moet bewus wees van die
implikasies daarvan en hoe dit vertaalde tekste beïnvloed. Mona Baker het vorendag
gekom met die idee dat die manier waarop ons realiteit waarneem, beïnvloed word deur die
vertaalde en herskryfde narratiewe waaraan ons elke dag blootgestel word (2006:3).
Vertalings word spesifiek geskep met die doellesers in gedagte, daarom kan verdere insig
oor die ideologieë van die doellesers verkry word deur hierdie vertalings verder te bestudeer
(Bielsa en Bassnett 2009:10). In die steeds groeiende veld van vertaalteorie, is dit belangrik om ʼn benadering te vind wat
kenners genoeg vryheid toelaat om bestaande teorieë uit te brei en nuwe resultate en
bevindings tot die vertaalwetenskap te kan byvoeg. Hierdie studie bestudeer dus Baker se
argumente en die impak van ʼn narratiewe benadering op vertaalteorie deur te fokus op
herskrywings van die staatsrede in die vorm van koerantberigte. Dit suggereer ook dat
hierdie narratiewe benadering van herskrywing deur inligting binne ʼn nuwe raam te plaas,
die potensiaal het om aan wetenskaplikes ʼn nuwe teoretiese ondersoekbasis te bied.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/80266 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Janse van Rensburg, Thelma |
| Contributors | Feinauer, Ilse, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Format | viii, 311 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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