AN ANALYSIS OF JAPANESE LITERATURE TRANSLATION “TWO LITTLE GIRLS CALLED IIDA” （ふたりのイーダ）

Abstract

An analysis of Japanese literature translated titled “Two Little Girls Called Iida” has purposed to analyze translation work by translation study. The data was collected from the original Japanese translation of “Futari no iida” by Matsutani Miyoko and the translated version by Bhusdee Navavichit. The analysis of this translation was based on two theories of translation analysis: 1) Translation-oriented text analysis of Christiane Nord (2005) and 2) House's model of translation quality assessment of Juliane House (2001). The research findings were as follows: “Two Little Girls Called Iida” tends to be an instrumental translation rather than a documentary translation and is a literary genre that shares the characteristics of overt translation and covert translation.