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In:Towards an Atlas of the History of Interpreting: Voices from around the world
Edited by Lucía Ruiz Rosendo and Jesús Baigorri-Jalón
[Benjamins Translation Library 159] 2023
► pp. 53–80

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Chapter 3
Interpreters of Mapudungun and the Chilean State during the 1880–1930 period

Linguistic change and social adaptation

 | Temuco Catholic University, Chile
 | Temuco Catholic University, Chile
Published online: 22 February 2023
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Abstract
During the second half of the 19th century, the Chilean military crushed the Mapuche resistance and opened their territories for the occupation of Chilean and European settlers and the founding of cities. This process implied profound changes in the indigenous society, now forced to interact in Spanish with the administration. Bilingual Mapuche or of mixed origin were key in this process, acting as interpreters.
Within this context of colonial domination and resistance and adaptation, we focus our attention on some families of interpreters and interpretation practices that can provide clues to understand the social, political, and linguistic dynamics while serving as indicators of the power relationships between languages and the groups that spoke them.
Article outline
  • The Spanish-Mapudungun socio-linguistic landscape: From the colonial period to the 19th century
  • 19th-century interpreters: Between Mapuche society and the state
  • Pivotal interpreters: The transition from Colony to Republic
  • Interpreters in territorial occupation and the establishment of the Republican state
    • The Burgos family
    • The Colipi family
  • Resistance, collaboration, autonomization: Literates and pettifoggers
  • Concluding remarks
  • ?ack?
  • Notes
  • References
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