Polyglossia in the Translation of Young Adult Literature: A Descriptive Study of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time

This paper examines the strategies adopted in the translation of L’Engles’s: A Wrinkle in Time. The study will concentrate on the difficulty young readers face while reading the translated texts and possible solutions. Fourteen examples will be qualitatively analyzed using Mona Baker’s (1992) model for understanding the choices the translator made and how effective they were. The study analyses the use of polyglossia in literature and its effect on readers. The paper considers how the intent of the author in the novel is supported by its multilingual element. It is stressed that the effectiveness associated with a text lies in its alignment with understanding the context of the text which enhances its communicative intent and overall impact.