Thesis (M.Phil.)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV/AIDS is a disease that affects millions of people in South Africa. Various strategies
have been implemented to try and curb this epidemic. One of the strategies 'used is the
dissemination of information pertaining to the prevention of contracting HIV/AIDS. One
of the measures of disseminating such information is through pamphlets and brochures in
all eleven official languages of South Africa.
This research endeavours to establish whether translated HIV/AIDS brochures are
communicative towards its target readers or not. The aim of producing these brochures is
to educate people about ways to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. On investigating
translated Xhosa HIV/AIDS brochures, the researcher established that some brochures
are poorly translated and fail to accomplish their purpose. Various factors contribute to
the non-communicativeness of these brochures towards their intended target readers. The
microstructure as well as the macrostructure of the texts tend to be problematic as far as
understanding and reader-friendliness are concerned. In the end the people for whom
these texts are intended do not understand the information they so desperately need.
The skopos theory has been recommended by functionalist scholars as an appropriate
translation approach, as it considers the culture of the target readers as well as the
intention of the text. It is also concerned with whether target readers actually understand
the target text. Therefore the skopos theory is promoted in this thesis for the translation of
informative and instructive medical brochures and pamphlets, especially those translated
into Xhosa. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: MIV/VIGS is 'n toestand wat miljoene mense in Suid-Afrika affekteer. Verskeie
strategieë is reeds geïmplementeer om hierdie epidemie te probeer beheer. Een hiervan is
die verspreiding van inligting met betrekking tot die voorkoming van MIVNIGS.
Inligting oor die voorkoms en beheer van MIV/VIGs word, onder andere, versprei deur
middel van pamflette en brosjures in al elf amptelike tale van Suid-Afrika.
Hierdie navorsing probeer vasstelof vertaalde MIVNIGS brosjures effektief met hul
teikenlesers kommunikeer. Die doel van hierdie brosjures is om mense op te voed oor
maniere om die verspreiding van MIVNIGS te bekamp. Deur 'n studie te maak van
vertaalde Xhosa MIVNIGS brosjures, het die navorser die slotsom bereik dat sommige
brosjures baie swak vertaal word en daarom nie hul doel bereik nie. Verskeie faktore dra
by tot die gebrekkige kommunikasie tussen vertalers van hierdie brosjures en hul
teikenlesers. Die mikro- sowel as die makrostruktuur van die tekste skep probleme met
betrekking tot begrip en lesersvriendelikheid. Uiteindelik kry die persone wat die
inligting desperaat benodig, nie toegang daartoe nie.
Die skoposteorie word as die aangewese benadering aanbeveel deur kenners van die
funksionalistiese vertaalteorie, aangesien dit die kultuur van die teikenlesers sowel as die
doel van die teks in ag neem. Hierdie benadering het ook ten doel dat die teikenlesers
werklik die teks sal begryp. Die skoposteorie word dus in hierdie tesis voorgehou as die
geskikte benadering vir die vertaling van informatiewe en instruktiewe mediese brosjures
en pamflette, veral in Xhosa.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50514 |
| Date | 04 1900 |
| Creators | Mabeqa, Thokozile Valencia |
| Contributors | Feinauer, I., Jadezweni, W. M., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of African Languages. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 153 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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