Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
Fall 1-31-2000
Degree Name
Master of Science in Professional and Technical Communication - (M.S.)
Department
Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr
Second Advisor
Robert S. Friedman
Third Advisor
Patricia Castro
Abstract
This thesis examines the translation of a popular American computer book and its translation into Brazilian Portuguese to determine whether current discourses on computers and technology are being literally translated or culturally adapted for their target audience. The selected text adopts a humorous approach to learning new software applications and replaces complicated technical explanations with culturally-bound examples that are inextricably tied to American attitudes toward technology.
An analysis of the translation reveals that the ideologies and social codes at work in the book threaten to impede the Brazilian reader's understanding due to the translator's failure to adapt the text for the target audience.
Recommended Citation
Ferrao, Angela M., "Translating cyberculture : an analysis of American and Brazilian cultural differences evidenced in the translation of a popular computer text" (2000). Theses. 775.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/775
