Résumés
Abstract
In this article I examine the writings about translation by Gregory Rabassa, translator into English of such canonical novels as Gabriel García Márquez’s Cien años de soledad and Julio Cortázar’s Rayuela. I look at some of Rabassa’s articles about translation and at his recently published book If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents, in light of contemporary approaches in translation studies that conceptualize the translator and translators’ self-images and representations. I examine the conceptions of language and translation that underlie Rabassa’s statements in general, and look at them in light of Lawrence Venuti’s idea of the translator’s self-effacement. I discuss the way in which translators’ ideas about translation in general and about their own practice in particular can inform conceptualizations about the figure and status of the translator.
Keywords:
- Gregory Rabassa,
- Latin-American literature,
- translator’s invisibility,
- translator’s self-representation,
- translation as writing
Résumé
L’objet de cet article est d’analyser les écrits sur la traduction de Gregory Rabassa, traducteur vers l’anglais de romans canoniques tels Cien años de soledad de Gabriel García Márquez et Rayuela de Julio Cortázar. Dans un premier temps, nous examinons quelques articles de Rabassa sur la traduction ainsi que son livre récent, If This Be Treason: Translation and its Dyscontents, à la lumière de conceptualisations contemporaines du traducteur, de l’image de soi du traducteur et des différentes représentations du traducteur. Dans un deuxième temps, nous examinons les concepts de la langue et de la traduction qui sous- tendent les écrits de Rabassa et nous les analysons à la lumière du concept de l’effacement de soi de Lawrence Venuti. Enfin, l’article présente une réflexion sur la manière dont la perception générale du traducteur quant à la traduction et à sa pratique particulière de la traduction peut informer les conceptualisations de la figure et du statut du traducteur.
Mots-clés:
- Gregory Rabassa,
- littérature latino-américaine,
- invisibilité du traducteur,
- auto-représentation du traducteur,
- traduction-écriture
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