The Translator in the Spotlight

It is often said that the translator ought to remain in the shadow of the author and limit themselves to enabling successful and undisturbed communication between author and reader. The translator is not allowed to add their own voice to a literary work. However, it turns out they actually do. The...

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Autor principal:	Weronika Sztorc
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2020
Materias:	footnotes invisibility literary translation paratext translator’s power Translating and interpreting P306-310
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2b4af2f83dd4466884a94d809f278e85
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2b4af2f83dd4466884a94d809f278e852021-11-27T13:04:42ZThe Translator in the Spotlight10.12797/MOaP.26.2020.47.011689-91212391-6745https://doaj.org/article/2b4af2f83dd4466884a94d809f278e852020-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/moap/article/view/1202https://doaj.org/toc/1689-9121https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6745 It is often said that the translator ought to remain in the shadow of the author and limit themselves to enabling successful and undisturbed communication between author and reader. The translator is not allowed to add their own voice to a literary work. However, it turns out they actually do. The aim of the article is to examine unconventional footnotes where the translator overtly speaks with their own voice. First, a few examples of literary works making interesting use of footnotes are presented. The similarities among the translators’ footnotes are highlighted, with a special focus on the issue of the translator’s power. Then, particular categories of translators’ footnotes are discussed, wherein translators express their opinions, show their emotional involvement or share stories from their private lives. It turns out that the footnote becomes a unique channel of direct communication between the translator and the reader, sometimes even involving competition with the author. A question is asked as to what may possibly encourage translators to assert their presence in the text in this way. Weronika SztorcKsiegarnia Akademicka Publishingarticlefootnotesinvisibilityliterary translationparatexttranslator’s powerTranslating and interpretingP306-310ENFRPLMiędzy Oryginałem a Przekładem, Vol 26, Iss 1 (47) (2020)
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description	It is often said that the translator ought to remain in the shadow of the author and limit themselves to enabling successful and undisturbed communication between author and reader. The translator is not allowed to add their own voice to a literary work. However, it turns out they actually do. The aim of the article is to examine unconventional footnotes where the translator overtly speaks with their own voice. First, a few examples of literary works making interesting use of footnotes are presented. The similarities among the translators’ footnotes are highlighted, with a special focus on the issue of the translator’s power. Then, particular categories of translators’ footnotes are discussed, wherein translators express their opinions, show their emotional involvement or share stories from their private lives. It turns out that the footnote becomes a unique channel of direct communication between the translator and the reader, sometimes even involving competition with the author. A question is asked as to what may possibly encourage translators to assert their presence in the text in this way.
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The Translator in the Spotlight

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