AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies

Less than Current: Do Young Adult translations come with an expiration date?

by S.D. Weber




Institution: Universiteit Utrecht
Department:
Year: 2011
Keywords: Young Adult, translation, comparison
Record ID: 1243721
Full text PDF: http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/209249


Abstract

Do young adult translations come with an expiration date? In a comparison of three different translations of Bret Easton Ellis' Less than Zero, from 1986, 1993 and 2010, this thesis tries to answer that question by looking at CSI's and the use of youth language.