Traducteur : auteur ou guide ? Letters from an Other de Lise Gauvin au-delà du stéréotype

Joanna Warmuzińska-Rogóż

doi:10.31261/RS.2019.16.28

Published: 2021-03-31

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2019)

Translator: an author or a guide? Letters from an Other by Lise Gauvin beyond the stereotype

Joanna Warmuzińska-Rogóż

Section: Varia

https://doi.org/10.31261/RS.2019.16.28

Abstract

The article aims to present the particularities of the English translation of Lise Gauvin’s novel Lettres d’une autre by a Canadian feminist translator, Suzanne de LotbinièreHarwood. The purpose of the translation was to make the Quebec culture closer to the English speaking Canadians. Moreover, de Lotbinière-Harwood intended to emphasize feminist issues. Indubitably, such a project goes beyond the stereotypical function of translation as the translator herself is clearly visible in the text. The specificity of the de Lotbinière-Harwood’s translation encourages the reflection on the problematic border between a translation sensu stricto and a translation being at the same time some kind of explanation. The article seeks to answer to the following questions: is a literary translator “only” a transmitter of meanings invented by the author or a guide in the unknown world? Is he also a full-fledged author? In addition, the article considers how far a translator is allowed to be visible in a text, in particular, if he aims to explain culture.

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translator , stereotype , feminist translation , Nicole Brossard

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Warmuzińska-Rogóż, J. (2021). Translator: an author or a guide? Letters from an Other by Lise Gauvin beyond the stereotype. Romanica Silesiana, 16(2), 306–318. https://doi.org/10.31261/RS.2019.16.28

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Published: 2021-05-28

ISSN: 1898-2433

eISSN: 2353-9887

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