Translating Minority Languages

Abstract

In this thesis, translating the cultural identity of a minority language, Irish, in travel guides will play a central role. Minority languages have not received much attention in the field of translation studies hitherto, making them an interesting theme for a corpus study. To what extent is the cultural identity that is displayed in originally Irish place names preserved in English travel guides? With this comparative corpus study, it will turn out that travel guides missed out on the opportunity to display the cultural identity of the Irish.