Postcolonial Polysystems -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- List of figures -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Some key aspects of the sociolinguistic situation in South Africa -- 1.3 The uses of children's books -- 1.4 Children's literature and the educational context in Africa and South Africa -- 1.5 Children's literature in translation -- 1.5.1 Overview of existing research -- 1.5.2 Tensions between domestication and foreignisation in the translation of children's literature -- 1.6 The aims of this book -- 1.7 Theoretical framework -- 1.8 Method of investigation and chapter outline -- 2. Language-in-education policy, publishing and the translation of children's literature in South Af -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Multilingualism and education in South Africa -- 2.3 Publishing, language and children's books in South Africa: The 2006, 2007 and 2008 PASA Annual I -- 2.4 Translation in the South African children's book industry: Overview of available research -- 2.5 Survey research: Publishers of children's books -- 2.5.1 Sampling, questionnaire design and data collection -- 2.5.2 Results and interpretation -- 2.5.3 Limitations of the survey for publishers -- 2.6 Data from the Writings in Nine Tongues catalogue -- 2.6.1 Sampling -- 2.6.2 Data processing -- 2.6.3 Results and interpretation -- 2.6.4 Summary and limitations of the data analysis -- 2.7 Survey research: Translators of children's books -- 2.7.1 Sampling, questionnaire design and data collection -- 2.7.2 Results and interpretation -- 2.7.3 Broad findings and correlations -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 3. A theoretical framework: System, text, norms and ideology -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Polysystem theory and the positions of translated children's literature in South Africa.

3.3 The descriptive approach: Gideon Toury, translation norms, and laws of translation -- 3.3.1 Translation norms -- 3.3.2 Laws of translation -- 3.3.3 The limitations of laws, norms and systems -- 3.4 Postcolonial approaches: Power, ideology and language -- 3.4.1 The roles of ideology in translation -- 3.4.2 Sociolinguistic power relationships, ideology, and domestication and foreignisation in the pos -- 3.5 Conclusion -- 4. Preliminary norms: The selection of children's books for translation -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Sample selection -- 4.3 Perceived function -- 4.3.1 Primers -- 4.3.2 Picture books -- 4.4 Culturally specific content -- 4.4.1 South African originals -- 4.4.2 Imported originals -- 4.5 Visual and verbal style -- 4.5.1 Primers -- 4.5.2 Picture books -- 4.6 Translated status in paratextual information: The visibility of the translator -- 4.7 Conclusion -- 5. Operational norms: The translation of cultural aspects -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Domesticating and foreignising strategies at the lexical level -- 5.2.1 Proper names -- 5.2.2 Social forms of address -- 5.2.3 Loan words -- 5.2.4 Cultural items -- 5.3 The collocational level: The translation of idiomatic expressions -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6. Reader responses to domesticating and foreignising translation strategies: An eye-tracking exper -- 6.1 Introduction: Translation strategies and the reception of translations -- 6.2 Eye-tracking and children's reading -- 6.2.1 Measuring eye movements in reading: Basic concepts -- 6.2.2 Eye-tracking studies of children's reading -- 6.3 Experimental design and data collection -- 6.3.1 Sampling -- 6.3.2 Stimulus material -- 6.3.3 Apparatus -- 6.3.4 Procedure -- 6.3.5 Data processing -- 6.4 Findings -- 6.4.1 Eye-tracking data -- 6.4.2 Comprehension -- 6.4.3 Attitude towards the text -- 6.4.4 The role of illustrations -- 6.5 Summary discussion.

6.6 Conclusion -- 7. Conclusions and prospects -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Conclusions -- 7.3 Prospects -- Bibliography -- Note -- Primary sources: Children's books -- Primers for the Foundation Phase -- Primers for the Intermediate Phase -- Picture books with a South African source text -- Picture books with an imported source text -- Secondary sources: Children's books -- List of references -- Index.