The website you've come across is devoted to the world famous Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh and his novel "Porno". The text you are about to read is my MA thesis titled
Language varieties in translation on the basis of "Porno" by Irivine Welsh »
The thesis was written under the supervision of Krzysztof Hejwowski, PhD. Choose the chapter below and have fun reading!
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Introduction
Do you speak English?
Standard English
Dialects and accents
Dialects in Poland
Idiolect
Slang
Language in Scotland
The Germanic language of Scotland
Scottish English
Urban class speech
Translating dialects
Translatability and untranslatability
Strategies in dialect translation
Neutralization
Lexicalization
Partial translation
Transliteration
Speech defect
Relativization
Pidginization
Artificial variety
Colloquialization
Rusticalization
Criticism of Berezowski's classification
Introduction to “Porno”
Practical procedures
Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson
Rab Birrel
Daniel “Spud” Murphy
Francis “Franco” Begbie
Cousin Dode
Other minor characters
Conclusions
Summary
Bibliography
Introduction
Do you speak English?
Standard English
Dialects and accents
Dialects in Poland
Idiolect
Slang
Language in Scotland
The Germanic language of Scotland
Scottish English
Urban class speech
Translating dialects
Translatability and untranslatability
Strategies in dialect translation
Neutralization
Lexicalization
Partial translation
Transliteration
Speech defect
Relativization
Pidginization
Artificial variety
Colloquialization
Rusticalization
Criticism of Berezowski's classification
Introduction to “Porno”
Practical procedures
Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson
Rab Birrel
Daniel “Spud” Murphy
Francis “Franco” Begbie
Cousin Dode
Other minor characters
Conclusions
Summary
Bibliography