African Language Publishing for Children in South Africa: Challenges for Translators

Autor/inn/en	Edwards, Viv; Ngwaru, Jacob Marriote
Titel	African Language Publishing for Children in South Africa: Challenges for Translators
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 14 (2011) 5, S.589-602 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
Schlagwörter	African Languages; Childrens Literature; Reading Materials; Translation; Bilingual Education; Official Languages; Foreign Countries; Multilingualism; Instructional Materials; Role; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Public Policy; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Office language; Amtssprache; Ausland; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Rollen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Öffentliche Ordnung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The commitment to multilingualism embedded in the 1996 South African Constitution has wide ranging implications for many aspects of education. This paper focuses on the dearth of teaching and learning materials in African languages required to deliver effective bilingual education, and on the potential role of translation in offering solutions for this problem. Drawing on an analysis of currently available African language books for children and interviews with educators, writers, publishers, translators and organisations concerned with book promotion, it explores issues which have emerged as critical for both the quality and availability of translation. Attention is drawn to the ways in which translation can be perceived to either help or hinder the process of introducing children to reading materials in African languages. The challenges of working in the highly specialised field of children's literature with languages that have undergone varying degrees of standardisation are described. Finally, the tendency to translate mainly into the larger, more commercially viable languages is considered, together with suggestions for ways in which publishers might be persuaded to translate across "all" official languages. (Contains 2 figures and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10