1616 (Jul 2018)
A Discussion on the Multiplicity of Voices: Translation, Adaptation and Invention of Citations in the Spanish Version of the Vocabulaire européen des philosophies
Abstract
This article focuses on problems encountered in relation to the Spanish translation of the Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des Intraduisibles (2004) directed by Barbara Cassin. Following one of the central notions acting as an interpretation key to the French version, we chose a particularly recurrent and problematic symptom of the Spanish version: the translation of citations. We will concentrate on the lexical entries Claim and Faktura to exemplify different translation options of the citations there included in order to interrogate the notions of translation, adaptation and invention. Finally, we will focus on the translator’s visibility, the locus of enunciation, and the resistances that appear before him/her within the framework of a contemporary theory of translation studies, centered on the notion of «untranslatable».
