MODES OF TRANSLATING KOREAN PASSIVE STRUCTURE INTO VIETNAMESE (THROUGH “GASIGOKI” BY CHO CHANG-IN)

Abstract

Korean and Vietnamese are typologically different, so Korean passive sentences are rendered with different structures in Vietnamese translation. Therefore, the author compares the use of passive voice in the work “Gasigoki” written by Cho Chang-in and the Vietnamese translation by Nguyen Thi Thu Van to clarify the similarities and differences in the use of passive structures between the original and the translation. The results show that a Korean passive structure can be translated into Vietnamese as follows: (1) a passive structure, (2) an active structure, and (3) an intermediary structure or middle voice (using a transitive/ergative verb). The article goes from theory to analysis of specific examples to share experiences for those who study translation and translation of literature from foreign languages. It is also a useful reference source for teaching and learning Korean translation, focusing on passive structure.