Migrations of meaning: women, translation, visibility, invisibility

• Mary Ann Newman ^[1]
  1. [1] Ferragut Fund for Catalan Culture at the US, New York, NY, USA
• Localización: Contributions to Science, ISSN-e 1575-6343, Vol. 12, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 109-115
• Idioma: inglés
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  • All speech, indeed, all thought, is a translation of the impressions and sensations we seek to transmit. Intralingual translation is generally unconscious; interlingual translation is a conscious act, marked by vulnerability. Translation is always imperfect, as there are no perfect equivalencies, but its depiction as traitorous is based in semi-religious interpretation. In fiction it often reflects political and sexual barriers to be crossed. In practice, it engages power, between majority and lesser-known languages, and it gives access to power. Finally, it is a gendered act, in which the translator, required to be invisible, brings the unseen to the surface.