Translation and Teaching: the Dangers of Representing Latin America for Students in the United States
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The purpose of this article is to stimulate discussion on theproblematic issue of how Latin America is represented to English-speaking university students in the United States. I will focus onfour areas: the availability of works by Latin American author stranslated into English, the questionable paradigm of the "smooth" translation, how academics tend to teach Latin America to English-speaking students (especially in interdisciplinary programs) and, finally, the ways "first world" students often read "third world" literature in translation.Downloads
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