Theater translation and expressive code

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2020v40n3p300

Abstract

This article analyzes some complexities found in the translation of theatrical texts, proposing a history of the theories that discussed the theme. From the concept of “performativity” will be discussed procedures that guide the translator of a text that, although written, is intended for representation, thus differentiating the scenic text from the dramatic. The stage, when treated as a space of purpose, as well as the actors and the public, as fundamental to the understanding of the dramatic text, point out considerations that, in the translation experience, are present in the context in which the translated text will be staged.

Author Biographies

Barbara Delli Castell, Università “G. D’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara

Pesquisador Universitário (ssd L- LIN/14 “Lingua e Traduzione -  Lingua Tedesca”). Departamento de Língua, Literatura e Culturas Modernas da Università “G.D’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara.

Maria Fernanda Gárbero de Aragão, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,

Doutora em Literatura Comparada pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2009). Em 2019, concluiu seu estágio de pós-doutoramento em Estudos Literários na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, na linha Poéticas da Tradução. É co-autora da coleção Confluencia (PNLD / 2018), de livros didáticos em língua espanhola para o Ensino Médio, e autora de artigos científicos e capítulos de livros sobre tradução e recepção de personagens trágicas na literatura, no cinema e no teatro. Desde 2010, é professora Adjunta de Literatura Brasileira na Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, ministrando as disciplinas da área e, desde 2015, Teoria da Literatura e Literatura Universal. Atua na pesquisa e tradução de textos teatrais em italiano, espanhol, galego e catalão. Integra os grupos de pesquisa Vortit Barbare (UFPR), Literatura e Dissonância (LIDIS/UFF), Laboratório de Estudos Clássicos (LEC/UFF).

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2020-09-11

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Castell, B. D., & Aragão, M. F. G. de. (2020). Theater translation and expressive code. Cadernos De Tradução, 40(3), 300–319. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2020v40n3p300

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Vol. 40 No. 3 (2020): Tradução e Criação

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Translated Articles into Portuguese

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