Abstracts
Abstract
Resistance in translation is a well known and accepted means for minorities and oppressed linguistic/cultural groups to access power, agency, and cultural repair (see Niranjana, 1992; Simon, 2005; Bandia, 2008; Cox, 2009; Tymoczko, 2010). Yet for all the good “retranslations” do, they remain yoked to a name that erases their significance by collapsing it with the simple act of “translating-again.” This paper argues for the adoption of a new term, “redressive translation,” to replace the term “retranslation” in contexts where redressive resistance in translation is manifest. It examines and defines two distinct varieties of redressive translation, namely “active redressive translation” and “passive redressive translation.” By adopting the name “redressive translation” to identify characteristics present in translated texts that resist politically and offer minority/minoritized cultures a means of healing, new clarity and strength can be brought to these translation offerings, enabling readers, researchers, translators, writers, and activists alike to share a common term for these essential articulations/manifestations of resistance.
Keywords:
- redressive translation,
- resistance in translation,
- cultural repair,
- retranslation
Résumé
La résistance traductive est un moyen bien connu et accepté par les minorités et les groupes linguistiques/culturels opprimés d’accéder au pouvoir, à l’action et à la réparation culturelle (voir Niranjana, 1992; Simon, 2005; Bandia, 2008; Cox, 2009; Tymoczko, 2010). Pourtant, malgré tout le bien qu’apportent les « retraductions », elles restent associées à un terme qui efface leur signification en les assimilant au simple fait de « traduire à nouveau ». Cet article plaide pour l’adoption d’un nouveau terme, « traduction réparatrice », pour remplacer le terme « retraduction » dans les contextes où la résistance réparatrice en traduction est manifeste. Il examine et définit deux variétés de traduction réparatrice, à savoir la traduction réparatrice active et la traduction réparatrice passive. En adoptant le terme « traduction réparatrice » pour englober les caractéristiques présentes dans les textes traduits qui témoignent d’une volonté de résistance politique et qui offrent aux culturelles minoritaires et minorisées une façon de guérir, une clarté et une force renouvelées sont associées à ces traductions. Les lecteurs, chercheurs, traducteurs, écrivains et activistes peuvent ainsi partager un terme commun pour ces articulations/manifestations essentielles de la résistance.
Mots-clés :
- traduction réparatrice,
- résistance en traduction,
- réparation culturelle,
- retraduction
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