Trainspotting - Analysis of the German Translation of the Chapter "Strolling Through the Meadows" with the Model of Juliane House (Translation Quality Assessment)

Download or read book Trainspotting - Analysis of the German Translation of the Chapter "Strolling Through the Meadows" with the Model of Juliane House (Translation Quality Assessment) written by Maritta Schwartz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 1998 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2 (B), Ruhr-University of Bochum (English Seminar), course: Literature III: Literature Translation, 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: "Trainspotting" is the title of a novel, written by the contemporary Scottish author Irvine Welsh. The plot is set in contemporary Edinburgh, i.e. Leith, and deals with the lives and experiences of a group of heroin junkies. The chapter we are looking at deals with a nightly walk through the meadows that three of the characters set off to after a visit in a Pub. They are in search of two other mates of them. During their stroll they meet two girls they know and come across a squirrel which two of them attempt to hurt. The attempt is prevented by the third.