@article{ART003186838},
author={Hong Jung Min and Kyung Hye KIM},
title={On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community},
journal={The Journal of Translation Studies},
issn={1229-795X},
year={2025},
volume={26},
number={1},
pages={75-113},
doi={10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hong Jung Min
AU - Kyung Hye KIM
TI - On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community
JO - The Journal of Translation Studies
PY - 2025
VL - 26
IS - 1
PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies
SP - 75
EP - 113
SN - 1229-795X
AB - This study examines user comments from a Korean online musical theater community with a view to identifying audience’s evaluation discourses and the specific criteria they consider when making evaluative comments on musical theater translation. A total of 1,735 comments posted between April 1, 2017, and October 31, 2024, on one of the biggest South Korean online musical theater communities were analyzed qualitatively and systematically using MAXQDA, a tool that enables researchers to code, categorize, and analyze source materials. The findings reveal three main interesting points. First, fans in the online musical theater community under examination actively engage in in-depth discussions on various aspects of musical theater translation, demonstrating a deep understanding of original productions, the complexities of the translation process, and the roles of key stakeholders such as production companies and translators. Second, four major criteria that fans consider when making evaluative comments were identified: (1) linguistic integrity of the target text, (2) meaning and effect of the source text, (3) new meaning and effect of the target text, and (4) performability. Thirdly, translations that satisfy the first three criteria were most frequently discussed and highly praised. The findings of this study suggest that the interested parties and stakeholders in the musical theater translation industry and research community need to pay closer attention to the identified discourses and criteria to more effectively resonate with the audience who exerts the biggest influence on the country’s musical theater market.
KW - Musical theater translation;evaluation discourse;evaluation criteria;online community;linguistic integrity of target text;meaning and effect of source text
DO - 10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
ER -
Hong Jung Min and Kyung Hye KIM. (2025). On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community. The Journal of Translation Studies, 26(1), 75-113.
Hong Jung Min and Kyung Hye KIM. 2025, "On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.26, no.1 pp.75-113. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
Hong Jung Min, Kyung Hye KIM "On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community" The Journal of Translation Studies 26.1 pp.75-113 (2025) : 75.
Hong Jung Min, Kyung Hye KIM. On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community. 2025; 26(1), 75-113. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
Hong Jung Min and Kyung Hye KIM. "On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community" The Journal of Translation Studies 26, no.1 (2025) : 75-113.doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
Hong Jung Min; Kyung Hye KIM. On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community. The Journal of Translation Studies, 26(1), 75-113. doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
Hong Jung Min; Kyung Hye KIM. On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2025; 26(1) 75-113. doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
Hong Jung Min, Kyung Hye KIM. On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community. 2025; 26(1), 75-113. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
Hong Jung Min and Kyung Hye KIM. "On evaluation discourses and criteria of musical theater translation: Focused on online musical theater community" The Journal of Translation Studies 26, no.1 (2025) : 75-113.doi: 10.15749/jts.2025.26.1.003
