Korean Translation of Jane Eyre vs the Original

 Korean Brontë scholars:

『제인 에어』(Jane Eyre) 영어 원본과 한국어 번역본의 인물 관계도 차이 연구: 의미 연결망 분석(Semantic Network Analysis)기반으로 (A study on the differences in character relationships between the English original and the Korean translation of 『Jane Eyre』: Based on Semantic Network Analysis)

by Dongmie Kim (탁진영) and Jinyoung Tak (탁진영) Sejong University

한국통번역교육학회 통번역교육연구 제23권 제4호 (Korean Society for Interpretation and Translation Education Interpretation and Translation Education Research) Volume 23, No 4, December 2025.12 45 - 66

Literary works convey the author's ideas, emotions, and the central themes and messages of the text through their characters, who serve as vital intermediaries in the narrative. Therefore, analyzing the relationships between characters is a crucial first step in understanding the deeper meanings of a literary work. The analysis was conducted in four stages. First, the degree of connection between specific characters and others was examined. Second, the co-occurrence frequency of specific characters within the same sentence was analyzed to measure the weighted degrees of their relationships. Third, the relationships between “Jane” or “Rochester” and other characters in the original and translated text were analyzed. Fourth, the comparative analysis of character relationships was investigated in the original English and translated Korean texts. The results indicate that, although both the original and translated versions share the same conclusion, they differ in narrative flow due to a shift in the focal point of the main character.