Translation from Croatian into English: Problems ad Challenges in Translating Texts of Different Genres

This thesis deals with problems and challenges in translating texts of different genres. Following a brief introduction, the thesis contains English translations of three source texts written in Croatian. The first text is a review of a book written by Stanislas Dehaene, entitled Reading inside the brain: Science and evolution of human invention. The second text is an informative article dealing with the problems Croatia, as well as the entire world, faces in terms of disproportionate distribution of food. The third text is an interview with a retired university professor dr. Slavko Kulić, taken from a popular Croatian newspaper Novi List. Each translation is followed by commentary and analysis, focusing on the main challenges encountered in the process of translation and supported with many examples. Finally, the thesis is closed with a brief conclusion and a bibliographical note