Abstract
This study aims to show whether different translators prefer different methods when translating culture-specific references. For this purpose, the author chose a bilingual book series in which Korean source texts and English translations appeared on the opposite pages. The texts analyzed in this study were 15 Korean short stories and 15 English translations thereof — seven translations by Translator J, four by Translator K, and four by Translator C. In these parallel texts, cultural references belonging in four domains, namely ‘food,’ ‘place,’ ‘person,’ and ‘measurement,’ were chosen and analyzed according to translator. Findings showed that the three translators often used the generalization/domestication methods to translate Korean cultural references. However, Translator K retained cultural otherness by transliterating words related to food and forms of address, while Translator C used more end-notes to explain cultural references.
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