An Analysis of the Translation Strategies Used to Translate, from English into Nyanja, Zambia’s “A Simple Guide to the Anti Gender Based Violence (GBV) Act”

Gerald Chishiba; Regina Mvula

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An Analysis of the Translation Strategies Used to Translate, from English into Nyanja, Zambia’s “A Simple Guide to the Anti Gender Based Violence (GBV) Act”

Gerald Chishiba, Regina Mvula

Published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 3, Issue 1)

Received: 15 March 2017 Accepted: 24 March 2017 Published: 25 April 2017

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The aim of this article is to identify the strategies used to translate an official Zambian document titled “A Simple Guide to the Anti GBV Act”. The skopos theory by the German translator Vermeer (1978) and Vinay and Darbelnet’s (1973) taxonomy were applied in the analysis of the text. The results revealed that literal translation was the most frequently used strategy. The results further revealed that borrowing, addition and generalisation were also used in line with Vinay and Darbelnet’s taxonomy. Other translation strategies found were Schjoldager’s (2008) direct transfer and baker’s (1992) use of less expressive words and omission. Our conclusion is that the translation strategies that were used when translating the document “A Simple Guide to the Anti GBV Act” from English into Nyanja fulfilled the Skopos theory requirement as far as the analysis of a text is concerned. According to the Skopos Theory, a translator is expected to provide a translation that is easier to understand in the target language and culture. Furthermore, the results revealed that most of the text was clearly reversible.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Linguistics and Translation (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijalt.20170301.12
Page(s)	10-15
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Translation Strategies, Skopos Theory, Darbelnet’s Taxonomy, Anti GBV Act and Nyanja

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Gerald Chishiba, Regina Mvula. An Analysis of the Translation Strategies Used to Translate, from English into Nyanja, Zambia’s “A Simple Guide to the Anti Gender Based Violence (GBV) Act”. Int J Appl Linguist Transl. 2017;3(1):10-15. doi: 10.11648/j.ijalt.20170301.12

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Gerald Chishiba

Department of Languages and Literature, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
Regina Mvula

Department of Languages and Literature, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

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