Children grow up with stories about distant countries, magical creatures, talking animals and
canonisation of children’s literature and have turned many books into worldwide classics.
Ghesquière (2006: 25) argued that by confronting authors with the best from elsewhere, they stimulated the production of literature in the national language.
Translations may have played their part too well. Presently, the English national children’s literature has developed to such an extent that it does not seem to require any more translations. This creates a power struggle and an imbalance of exchange in the field of children’s literature. English books, often chosen for their economic potential and not for their literary merit, dominate children’s literature.
This implies a loss for the world library of children’s literature, because “we never know what sets a child’s imagination on fire but if we DON’T offer children the experience of literature from other languages, we’re starving them. It’s as simple as that ” (Pullman, 2005: 9).
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Do you think this is an abstract from an English children’s book. Choose one.
• Yes, it was definitely written in England
• Yes, it was written in English, but it could have been written in the USA
• No, it could have been written in a foreign language and then translated into English
• No, it is definitely a translation
2.What is your favourite children’s book?
3. Do you ever read foreign books? Choose one.
• No, the best books come from England and the USA
• No, I don’t really come across a lot of foreign translated books in libraries and book stores
• Yes, I like reading translated foreign books as much as I like reading English books
• Yes, I prefer reading translated foreign books, because they tell me the stories of other children all over the world.
4. Name a foreign children’s book you liked reading
5. Would you like to know what happens in the rest of this book? Choose one.
• Yes, the triplets sound like a lot of fun!
• No, I’m not sure I would finish the entire book.
• No, I would definitely not like to continue reading this book.
6. If you were the author of the story how would you name the triplets? Choose one.
• I like the names Zoe, Chloe and Joey Treacle so I would stick to them
• I think Lien, Sien and Fien Kriegel would be cool
• I would change it to Lien, Sien and Fien Prickle
• I think Zoe, Chloe, and Joey Prickle would be cool
Can you please motivate your choice:
APPENDIX B: STATISTICAL RESULTS
Histogram of “Do you think this is an abstract from an English children’s book?”
Histogram of “Do you ever read foreign books?”
Histogram of “Would you like to know what happens in the rest of this book?”
Histogram of “ If you were the author of the story how would you name the triplets?”
Frequency table: “What is your favourite children’s book?”
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Frequency table: “Name a foreign children’s book you liked reading”
APPENDIX C: SOURCE TEXT