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Vol. 12:1 (2000) ► pp.31–62

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The Negotiation of Literary Dialogue in Translation

Forms of Address in Robinson Crusoe Translated into Portuguese

 | Universidade de Lisboa
Published online: 12 September 2000
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https://doi.org/10.1075/target.12.1.03ass
Abstract
Focussing on the pragmatic dimension of literary dialogue in narrative fiction, this paper analyses: (a) the negotiation of power carried out by characters and the way it is relayed in the text as signalled by forms of address; and (b) the negotiation performed by the translator in order to reproduce a power relation when dealing with the cultural and social environments of the source- and the target-language texts. By analysing one hundred years of Robinson Crusoe translated into European Portuguese (189– to 1992) the paper will attempt to reveal a possible historical development of translational norms and the way in which the historical, cultural and social environments may have influenced them.
Résumé
S’attachant à la dimension pragmatique du dialogue littéraire qui apparaît en fiction narrative, l’article analyse successivement: (a) la négociation du pouvoir engagée par les personnages, ainsi que la manière dont elle est gérée par les formes d’allocution; (b) la négociation mise en oeuvre par le traducteur lorsqu’il prend en charge l’environnement culturel et social de la langue-source et de la langue-cible afin de transposer une relation de pouvoir au sein du textecible. L’examen de cent ans de traductions de Robinson Crusoe en portugais d’Europe (elles s’échelonnent de 189– à 1992) vise à montrer le développement historique des normes de traduction, ainsi que l’influence qu’a pu exercer sur celles-ci l’environnement à la fois historique, culturel et social.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1.Taken-for-Granteds
  • 2.Choice of Corpus
  • 3.Problems in Studying the Translation of Forms of Address
  • 4.The Brown and Gilman Model
  • 5.Brief Outline of Modes of Address in Modern English and Modern Portuguese
    • 5.1.The Modern English System of Modes of Address
    • 5.2.Evolution of Pronominal Forms of Address in English
    • 5.3.The Modern European Portuguese System of Modes of Address
    • 5.4.Evolution of Pronominal Forms of Address in European Portuguese
    • 5.5.Brief Historical Background: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Portugal
  • 6.Hypothesis for the Analysis of the Translation of Forms of Address
  • 7.Results of the Analysis
  • Notes
  • References
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