AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF TRANSLATION EDITING AND TRANSLATION PROCESS APPLIED IN “LITTLE WOMEN” BY URAI SANIDVONGS NA AYUTHAYA

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study types of translation editing and translation process applied in the translation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel entitled “Little Women” from English to Thai by Urai Sanidvongs Na Ayuthaya. In this study, 23 samples purposively selected from the first descriptive paragraph of each chapter (chapters 1 to 23) were analyzed. The analytical framework in this research was based on the translation principles proposed by Sanchawee Saibua. The translation editing could be classified into two levels, i.e. the editing in the lexical level and the editing in the syntactic level. The result showed that the most frequently used editing strategies in the lexical level were word and idiom deletion, followed by using phrases or sentences instead of words. For the syntactic level, rearranging words in phrases or sentences and adding and subtracting words were most often found. Translation techniques in this study mostly focused on free translation, which was used to get the translation be natural language and easy to be understood through the context appreciate.