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Interpretáfrica. Variedades del inglés de África e interpretación. El caso de Zimbabue
Review of Interpretáfrica. Variedades del inglés de África e interpretación. El caso de Zimbabue María Recuenco Peñalver y Miriam Seghiri Granada, Editorial Comares, 2024, 108 págs.
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Las traducciones de poesía de Claudio Rodríguez: un enfoque crítico-genético
Este artículo aborda las traducciones sin fechar y sin publicar que el poeta de la generación española de los 50 Claudio Rodríguez realizó de poetas angloamericanos, prestando especial atención a T. S. Eliot. En la sección del marco teórico se examinan los principios de las disciplinas de los Estudios de Traducción Genética, la Crítica Genética y la Filología de Autor para adaptar su forma de proceder a este caso concreto. En el apartado de metodología se establece un plan de trabajo respecto a la elección, transcripción y análisis de los borradores de traducción disponibles, con vistas a una futura edición crítica. Debido a la profunda afinidad, solo en parte explorada, de Claudio Rodríguez con la poesía angloamericana, se puede especular con el hecho de que una edición de estas características podría aportar nuevas consideraciones acerca de la propia evolución de Claudio Rodríguez como poeta, o de cómo su poesía y sus traducciones surgen de un mismo método compositivo.
Copyright (c) 2025 Natalia Carbajosa Palmero https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Actualización de la subrama de formación en el mapa de los estudios de traducción
El mapa de estudios de traducción (TS) fue concebido por Holmes (1972/1988) y presentado visualmente a la comunidad de TS por Toury (1995). A lo largo de las últimas décadas, el mapa ha experimentado actualizaciones para representar mejor el reciente desarrollo multidisciplinario de TS. A pesar del reconocimiento de su valor, por ejemplo, como marco general de la disciplina de TS, también se le ha criticado por ser cerrado y prescriptivo. Este artículo, basado en una encuesta descriptiva de 68 años de investigación en el campo, tiene como objetivo actualizar la subrama del entrenamiento del mapa de estudios de traducción. La actualizada subrama del entrenamiento incluye seis grupos de áreas específicas: desarrollo y evaluación curricular, profesores, estudiantes, mercado y graduación, cuestiones circundantes y otras. Se espera que el enriquecido subrama pueda proporcionar a los académicos un contexto para identificar lagunas de investigación y servir como herramienta didáctica para educar investigadores principiantes.
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El papel de los paratextos de las traducciones en la representación del Otro: Notas e iconografia en El libro de la almohada de Sei Shōnagon en España
El libro de la almohada de Sei Shōnagon es un texto clásico japonés que ha sido publicado en España en cuatro traducciones diferentes, tres al español y una al catalán. En los paratextos se observan grandes diferencias en la presentación del Otro, por lo que este estudio pretende mostrar las imágenes que los traductores y editores conforman. Además, se investigan los factores que pueden tener relación con una presentación domesticante o exotizante en un corpus de notas. Los resultados confirman que el paso del tiempo, el nivel de conocimientos culturales y experiencia del traductor y su visibilidad son factores relacionados con la imagen que se ofrece.
Copyright (c) 2025 Alba Serra-Vilella, María Teresa Rodríguez Navarro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Translation and accessibility in the theater: the offer for sensory disabled spectators in Valencia
This study collects the accessibility measures offered by the theaters of Valencia for people with sensory disabilities during the 2023-2024 season. For this purpose, 26 theaters in the city were explored with the aim of describing whether they offer accessible performances for this group and by means of which services related to audiovisual translation and accessibility (subtitling, audio description, or sign language interpretation). We also checked whether they have other accessibility measures, for example, in relation to seat reservations, mobility around the building, programs adapted, etc., and whether their websites clearly state their possible accessible offerings. To collect the data, an analysis of the websites was carried out and the theater managers were consulted. The results point to a limited accessible offer in relation to the adaptation of contents, and virtually nonexistent of other accessibility elements or services related to the experience of going to the theater.
Copyright (c) 2025 Beatriz Reverter Oliver https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Las variedades del español en la traducción editorial y audiovisual. Políticas, tendencias y retos
Review of Las variedades del español en la traducción editorial y audiovisual. Políticas, tendencias y retos. María José Hernández Guerrero, David Marín Hernández y Marcos Rodríguez-Espinosa (Eds.) Granada, Editorial Comares, 2024, 468 pp.
Copyright (c) 2025 Beatriz Priego Recio https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Balance between “Truth Seeking” and “Utility Attaining”: Translatological Treatments of Phraseology in Liu Zhenyun’s Novels
The phraseology constitutes an important resource that enables the writer Liu Zhenyun to efficiently summarize the content and evoke strong emotions in Chinese readers. However, the translation of phraseological expressions poses considerable challenges for translators striving for excellence. This work aims to analyze Liljana Arsovska’s posture and approaches to translating phraseology, based on a corpus collecting examples from Liu Zhenyun’s four novels, employing the evaluative continuum model of “truth seeking - utility attaining”. The results indicate that the translator prioritizes the reception of the translation while maintaining an appropiate balance between literal accuracy and naturalness.
Copyright (c) 2025 Jialei Chen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Los escritores que surgieron del frío: la visibilidad del traductor en la novela negra nórdica publicada en España
La novela negra nórdica es un fenómeno editorial impulsado por un caudal creciente de traducciones que destilan al español las distintas tradiciones escandinavas. Nuestro artículo explora la visibilidad paratextual del traductor de este subgénero para editoriales, críticos y lectores analizando los peritextos de 70 novelas traducidas y de epitextos relacionados como páginas web, reseñas, entrevistas y vídeos. Los resultados alumbran a un traductor ensombrecido cuyo nombre, rara vez en la portada, se entierra en las páginas de créditos sin apenas peritextos de su autoría. En lo epitextual, el traductor figura residualmente en las fichas técnicas de las novelas, y pocos son los artículos y comentarios sobre su labor. Esta invisibilidad refleja su escaso reconocimiento en el sector editorial y en el cinturón crítico y receptivo que lo rodea. También desvela un capital simbólico deficitario, alejado de su papel catalizador en la circulación literaria y detonador en el bum nórdico que ha astillado récords de ventas en nuestro país.
Copyright (c) 2025 Bruno Echauri Galván, Alicia Camelia Roca https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Moreno Villa: A (revised) History of his Goethe Translations
Seventy years after José Moreno Villa's (1887-1955) death, I would like to present one of his most forgotten fields of work: translation, specifically that of four poems by Goethe. Moreno Villa translated from German on several occasions, but it was only with the author of Faust that he dared to work on poetry. His translations of Goethe, previously dated 1949, have been discovered to correspond, in reality, to another period and an earlier socio-cultural framework. A fact that now requires a chronological reformulation of the reception of the German poet. Also, his study in this framework allows us an insight into Moreno Villa's work methodology and the biographical circumstances that led him to deal with the lyrical work of Goethe.
Copyright (c) 2025 Nuria Gasó Gómez https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The translation from Spanish to English is: "The experience of translating Mo Yan, Chinese Nobel Prize winner: interview with Blas Piñero Martínez, translator and sinologist
In this interview, the researcher Hong Zhang from Yangzhou University talks with the literary translator Blas Piñero Martínez about the experience of translating Mo Yan, the Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 2012. Based on his experience in literary translation from Chinese to Spanish, Blas Piñero Martínez reflects on his favorite Chinese author, his preferred work, the strategies for overcoming linguistic and cultural barriers during the translation process, the reasons why he decided to translate Mo Yan's works, and Mo Yan's linguistic style. During the conversation, topics such as fidelity to the original text, cultural adaptation, and translation techniques that allow for the essence of Mo Yan's stories to be conveyed are explored, as well as the impact his work has had on the international literary field.
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El mundo del vino. Textos, terminología y traducción (Alemán-Español)
Review of El mundo del vino. Textos, terminología y traducción (Alemán-Español) Isidoro Ramírez Almansa Granada, Comares, 2021, 147 págs.
Review of Translation Tools and Technologies Andrew Rothwell, Joss Moorkens, María Fernández-Parra, Joanna Drugan, Frank Austermuehl Routledge, Londres, 2023, 270 pp.
Queerness Between the Lines: A Translation and Analysis of Lesbianism in Malinda Lo’s Last Night at the Telegraph Club (2021)
Stories of lesbian women have traditionally been silenced through translations, which entails a general lack of adequate language dealing with their sexual identities. On this basis, this research proposal approaches the translation of lesbianism from English into Spanish focusing on the classification and analysis of terminology used in lesbian groups. This analysis also delves into the strategies adopted to either conceal or openly display homosexuality, thus opting for either preserving or disputing the taboo surrounding the LGBTQI+ community. The results reveal a higher percentage of euphemistic and distancing expressions that deem lesbianism a taboo. This, therefore, highlights an evident rejection of lesbian women, which reflects the attitude held towards them both in San Francisco during the 1950s and in Francoist Spain. On the other hand, great attention is provided to the deficit of accurate terminology in the TL when reproducing expressions typically used amongst the LGBTQI+ community, which may compromise the accurate reproduction of lesbian identity.
Copyright (c) 2024 Anesa Muslimovic Ortega https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Practice Report as a Form of Graduation Thesis among Master of Interpreting Students in China
Practice reports where students reflect on and learn from interpreting experiences are the most widely chosen form of graduation thesis among Master of Interpreting students in China. Though seemingly less demanding than traditional thesis, it poses different challenges for students. So far, limited research has been conducted to explore this unique form of graduation requirement. This survey aims to describe the features of Master of Interpreting (MI) students’ practice reports. A purposive sample of 685 interpreting practice reports (2015-2021) were analyzed through content analysis against a literature-informed coding scheme. The results reveal the diversified features of MI graduates’ interpreting practice and point to the lack of agreed norms on report writing. This survey informs trainers and students of the most common problems, strategies, and theoretical frameworks in problem analysis and strategy justification. Hopefully, the findings can provide pedagogical insights for trainers and students in institutions where a similar thesis form is practiced.
Copyright (c) 2024 Jiachen Wen, Xiangdong Li https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Active listening and memorisation for interpreters: preliminary results of a didactic experience
This paper presents the preliminary results of a didactic experiment carried out with a group of Spanish-Italian students of the MA Program in Interpreting (University of Bolonia) who tested a didactic unit focused on active listening and memorization techniques for spontaneous speech within an interactive self/collaborative learning online course for interpreting trainees. The design of this didactic tool is part of an ongoing research project on self-learning and peer-learning, maximizing the use of new digital technologies for interpreters and consolidating cross-functional skills for all students. Since the students’ cohort participating in the experiment had Spanish-Italian as their combination, special reference is made to the possible didactic needs and implications for this language pair. The preliminary results show a positive students’ perception on this online didactic unit and a set of guidelines to consider when it comes to designing activities aimed at improving active listening and memorization techniques for interpreters.
Copyright (c) 2024 MICHELA BERTOZZI https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
André Du Ryer in Spanish: an anonymous handwritten indirect translation of the Qur’an
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Qur’an was translated into Spanish from indirect translations based not on original Arabic text, but rather on prior translations into other languages, foremost among them French. The Quranic versions made by Claude Savary and especially Albin de Biberstein Kazimirski were translated and edited repeatedly into Spanish. However, it was strinking the almost total absence of references to L'Alcoran de Mahomet by André Du Ryer, a version with great success and diffusion in Europe since its publication in 1647. This gap in the history of the translation of the Islamic sacred text into Spanish is completed with the discovery of the anonymous Spanish translation of that version contained in the mss. II/609, II/610 and II/3544 from the Royal Library of Madrid that we present here, characterized by absolute fidelity to the French original.
Copyright (c) 2024 Juan Pablo Arias Torres https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Offshore Company Incorporation Documents in the British Virgin Islands and their Translation into Spanish
Today’s complex global tax landscape has led to an unprecedented interest in global tax evasion, as reflected in the Global Tax Avoidance Report of the European Parliament’s EU Tax Observatory 2024, which has certainly had an impact on the translation of legal, socio-economic and financial texts. News about tax evasion in tax havens is frequently reported in the media. This huge volume of socio-economic information also generates a significant volume of business for the translation industry. Specifically, this study deals with the translation of so-called offshore companies, with special reference to terminological aspects and their equivalences in Spanish and English. From an approach based on comparative law, we will focus on the incorporation documents of such companies in the British Virgin Islands.
Copyright (c) 2024 MARIA PRESENTACIÓN AGUILERA, DRA. GLORIA CORPAS PASTOR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
Virtual labs creation for interpreters training in healthcare contexts with allophone migrant patients
In this paper we present a methodology for the creation of virtual laboratories focused on training interpreters in healthcare contexts. First, some of the main socio-cultural barriers patients and healthcare staff have to face are described to highlight the healthcare community interpreters´ role in overcoming them. Then, we show how virtual labs, scenarios, dialogues and gameplay (with achievement system) are designed. We also propose the use of questionnaires to analyze the users´ previous and post virtual experience. The abovementioned laboratories are an innovative tool to train professionals whose job entails a heavy responsibility. In this sense, the role of the interpreter is to provide an effective understanding among the parties involved, applying the accurate ethic codes, strategies and techniques in three different proposed situations: medical consultation, clinical interview simulation and multilingual medical education meeting. In Annex I a prototype of healthcare virtual lab with three roles is included: physician, immigrant allophone patient and interpreter.
Copyright (c) 2024 Aurora Ruiz Mezcua, Enrique Yeguas Bolívar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
The historical review of the editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glasspublished Spain in the different languages spoken in the country since the first appearance of Alice in Wonderland in 1914 offers an unexpected marker of much broader editorial, political and cultural trends and dynamics. The mere chronology of the editions and the different languages offers a reflection of historical events over more than a century and shows cultural trends and uses of the children's and young people's literature.
children's and young people's literature
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Feeding the future: text typology in agri-food translation
Reseña de Feeding the future: text typology in agri-food translation Rivas Carmona, María del Mar y Ruiz Romero, María de los Ángeles. Publicacions Universitat de València, Valencia, 2021, 252 pp.
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Reseña de Terminología, neología y traducción. Guerrero Ramos, Ramos, y Pérez Lagos, Manuel Fernando (eds.) Comares, Granada, 2021, 307 pp.
Videojuegos para el desarrollo de la competencia traductora en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior
Review of Videojuegos para el desarrollo de la competencia traductora en el Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. José Ramón Calvo-Ferrer. Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2023, 170 pp.
Translating Borrowed Tongues: The Verbal Quest of Ilan Stavans
Reseña de Translating Borrowed Tongues: The Verbal Quest of Ilan Stavans. M.ª Carmen África Vidal Claramonte Nueva York, Routledge, 2023, 114 pp.
Dickinson en nuestra lengua: una galería de retratos
Reseña de Dickinson en nuestra lengua: una galería de retratos. Juan Carlos Calvillo Ciudad de México, El Colegio de México, 2023, 200 pp.
Review of Women in the History of Linguistics. Wendy Ayres-Bennett y Helena Sanson (Eds.). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, 648 pp.
Estudios lingüísticos en torno al papel de las mujeres traductoras en la historia
Review of Estudios lingüísticos en torno al papel de las mujeres traductoras en la historia. Adela González Fernández Granada, Editorial Comares, 2023, 204 págs.
Destino desconocido: poesía y traducción
Review of Destino desconocido: poesía y traducción. Natalia Carbajosa León, Eolas/Ursa Major, 2022, 210 pp.
Contextos de interpretación social en España
Review of Contextos de interpretación social en España. Paola Nieto García Peter Lang, 2023, 130 pp.
Reseña de Institutional Translator Training Tomáš Svoboda, Łucja Biel & Vilelmini Sosoni (Eds.) New York, Routledge, 2023, 264 pp.
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