Da Balatrone a Golasecca: sondaggi sulle modalità di traduzione in italiano di antroponimi e toponimi ‘minori’ dei fumetti Disney di realizzazione statunitense (1945-1960)

Abstract

Research concerning onomastics in Disney comics in Italian has produced important results, but, while the names of main characters and places have been thoroughly dealt with, the onomastics of the minor realities of the Disney universe, which was created in the USA and reached Italy in translation, are not equally well known. In this paper I analyze several stories written in the years 1945-1960 and Italian versions from different periods. The translation techniques vary somewhat: some retain the original English forms, some Italianize the original names, some create new anthroponyms or toponyms in a fairly free way.