Translation and Teaching: the Dangers of Representing Latin America for Students in the United States

• White, Steven F. ^[1]
  1. [1] Saint Lawrence University
• Localización: Cadernos de tradução, ISSN-e 2175-7968, ISSN 1414-526X, Vol. 1, Nº. 2, 1997, págs. 87-97
• Idioma: inglés
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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.