Innocence or experience? A critical reading of some recent translations of William Faulkner

Thorsell, Marta Dahlgren

Babel 1997 43 (3)193-205
(ReLIS:jul:oibfdn:y:1997:v:43:i:3:p:193-205)

Abstract:

William Faulkner’s novels have been translated into Spanish on many occasions by different publishing houses, mainly in Latin America, but Spanish publishers have been commissioning new translations in recent years. Two of these relatively recent publications have been examined and compared with earlier translations for two reasons: to find the extent to which the cultural background of the translator has coloured his or her choice of linguistic options, and to determine whether there seems to be any evidence that it might be prudent for a translator to be familiar with the literary criticism published on the novel being translated.

Keywords: Traducción literaria ; Inglés ; Español ; literatura inglesa ; Siglo 19º ; Traducción comparada ; Retraducción
Pages: 193-205
Volume: 43
Year: 1997
Issue: 3

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