Tongan translation realities across Tā ('Time') and Vā ('Space')

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI:10.1386/nzps_00004_1

Telesia Kalavite

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Abstract

Abstract The kingdom of Tonga known as the Friendly Islands is a bilingual country where the official languages are Tongan (lea faka-Tonga) and English (lea faka-Pilitānia). In a bilingual environment like Tonga, the ability to translate effectively between the two languages is a fundamental skill to communicate well and to achieve academic success. The main focus of this article is to approach translation through a sociocultural lens, and more specifically, through a Tongan-inspired tāvāist perspective: 'Okusitino's Māhina's Tā‐Vā ('Time‐Space') Theory of Reality. This theory has influenced a range of practices from many disciplines and social activities, such as translation. Theorizing translation in and across Tā ('time') and Vā ('space') informs the relationships between languages, cultures and educational backgrounds in the transmission of 'ilo ('knowledge') and poto ('skills') among all members of the society. In exploring the theory this article will consider two translation case studies of English to Tongan literature: Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1865) and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince (1943).

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汤加语翻译的现实跨越了“时间”和“空间”。

摘要汤加王国被称为友好群岛，是一个双语国家，其官方语言为汤加语（lea faka Tonga）和英语（lea faka Pilitānia）。在汤加这样的双语环境中，在两种语言之间进行有效翻译是良好沟通和取得学术成功的基本技能。本文的主要关注点是从社会文化的角度来看待翻译，更具体地说，从汤加人启发的tāvā主义视角来看待翻译：“奥库西蒂诺的Māhina的时间-空间现实理论”。这一理论影响了许多学科和社会活动的实践，如翻译。Tā（时间）和Vā（空间）的理论化翻译为社会所有成员传递“ilo”（知识）和“poto”（技能）提供了语言、文化和教育背景之间的关系。在探索这一理论时，本文将考虑两个英语到汤加文学的翻译案例：刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝梦游仙境》（1865）和安托万·德·圣埃克苏佩里的《小王子》（1943）。

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Journal of New Zealand and Pacific Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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期刊介绍： The Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies covers disciplines including the humanities and social sciences, and subjects such as cultural studies, history, literature, film, anthropology, politics and sociology. Each issue of this publication aims to establish a balance between papers on New Zealand and papers on the South Pacific, with a reports and book reviews section included. The journal is sponsored by the New Zealand Studies Association and hosted by the University of Vienna. It has replaced the key publication NZSA Bulletin of New Zealand Studies.