Epitaph of a Small Winner – Título qualquer serve?

Ariadne Nunes - Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - email

Abstract

Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas has an English translation, by William L. Grossman, intitled Epitaph of a Small Winner. The article reflects upon possible consequences for the interpretation and reading of the book of such a translation of its title, trying to determine if it implies an idea of translation as a form of rewriting. It concludes that Grossman's translation of the title may imply a loss in comunication between Machado de Assis' message and the English readers of his work in this translation.

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Published Dec. 1, 2015 | Language: pt

Keywords Translation • Title • Machado de Assis • Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas

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dc.title	Epitaph of a Small Winner – Título qualquer serve?
dc.contributor.author	Nunes Ariadne
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
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dc.description.abstract	Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas has an English translation, by William L. Grossman, intitled Epitaph of a Small Winner. The article reflects upon possible consequences for the interpretation and reading of the book of such a translation of its title, trying to determine if it implies an idea of translation as a form of rewriting. It concludes that Grossman's translation of the title may imply a loss in comunication between Machado de Assis' message and the English readers of his work in this translation.
dc.relation.ispartof	Rassegna iberistica
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 38 \| Issue 104 \| December 2015
dc.issued	2015-12-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2037-6588
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2037-6588/74p
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Machado de Assis
dc.subject	Machado de Assis
dc.subject	Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
dc.subject	Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
dc.subject	Title
dc.subject	Title
dc.subject	Translation
dc.subject	Translation
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