Idioms in Translation: Translation Strategies in Two Slovene Translations of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. RowlingLampreht, Maruša (Avtor) Vrbinc, Marjeta (Mentor) idiomsidiom translationtranslation strategiestranslationcross-linguistic equivalencephraseologyThe MA thesis focuses on translation strategies used when transferring source language idioms into any target language. The objective of the thesis is to observe and compare the approaches of idiom translation based on J. K. Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), originally published in English, and its two official translations into the Slovene language, Polkrvni princ by Branko Gradišnik (2006) and Princ mešane krvi by Jakob J. Kenda (2011). The theoretical part covers the defining characteristics of idioms, the challenges of idiom translation, and an overview of six translation strategies, which are also the foundation for the research part of the thesis. The analysis in the second part of the paper discusses the reference idioms and their target language equivalents by providing an overview of the similarities and differences of idiom translation approaches in the two Slovene translations, a discussion about the challenges during the translation process, and further commentary on selected examples from the gathered list of idioms. The comparison is based on stylistic, lexical, and grammatical observations about the idiomatic and non-idiomatic equivalents provided for the figurative multi-word lexical units in the reference text. The examples chosen for the analysis provide an overview of all translation strategies and include idiomatic expressions that might be unsuitable for the primary target audience, as well as missed opportunities for providing a better target language equivalent.20222022-09-14 08:16:29Magistrsko delo/naloga140324sl