Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17234/ZGB.34.11
How Does the Repaired German Gramophone Play in Croatian? Culture-Specific Elements in the Novel by Saša Stanišić
Aleksandra Ščukanec
orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-7838
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The translation analysis of culture-specific elements or realia, especially by authors with transcultural or multilingual background, has gained popularity as a topic of various (scientific) researches. The main focus of this article lies on the novel "How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone" by Saša Stanišić, specifically on culture-specific items and possible procedures of their translation. Drawing on selected examples from the novel and their translation into Croatian, this paper analyzes several translation challenges along with the translator’s solutions.
Keywords
realia; (self-)translation; German to Croatian (Bosnian) translation; Saša Stanišić
Hrčak ID:
343291
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2025.
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