Machado de Assis and translation: singularities of Machado’s praxis in dialogue with other translators

Abstract

This article aims to present an almost unknown Machado de Assis, the translator and translation theorist more often anticipated the theories he discusses about the contemporary translation. It discusses the contributions of various theorists and practitioners of translation in a way that maintains a dialogue with the thought Machado. Our Machado de Assis, who made all the translations, "if allowed some licenses", which show that, for him, the result should not be a letter of less value than any other in the career of a writer, though this will continue to be considered and, respecting the original, without servility, this activity has had throughout his literary career by contributing to become an example of the recent discussions about the theory of translation.