AN ANALYSIS OF TRANSLATION EDITING AND TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES OF THE NOVEL “IT” TRANSLATED VERSION BY SUWITH KHAWPLOD

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study types of translation editing and translation process in the horror novel entitled “It” written by Stephen King and was translated into Thai language by Suwith Khawplod. There were 23 target texts taken from the book for words and sentence structures analysis according to the principles of translation editing of Sanchawi Saibua (2017) and Mona Baker (2011). The results indicated that phrases and sentences were the most frequently used to replace words in translation editing, while the general words were used to replace the specific words in the translation. In terms of translation editing in the sentence structure level, the transliteration was most frequently used and was followed by the rearrangement of word order in the sentences or phrases. In addition, the literal translation techniques were mostly used in order to keep the meanings of the original version.