Traduzindo Pierre de Marivaux L’île des esclaves (1725) para o português do Brasil

Abstract

This project was linked to the group Poéticas Interartes of Faculty of Letters in UFAL and it was part of the research line: Theory, Criticism and History of translation. We focused on the computer-assisted translation process of French-language literary works, more precisely, of the play L'Île des Esclaves (1725) by Pierre de Marivaux, a French playwright considered by some scholars to be a master of masks and disguise. The research had as reference the French traductology, specifically the works of Antoine Berman: the book A prova do Estrangeiro (2002), A tradução e a letra ou o Albergue do Longínquo (2012) and Pour une critique des traductions: John Donne (1995). This theoretical path guided our methodology of translation criticism, especially regarding the ethics of translation, which consists in recognizing and receiving the Other as the Other. It is in this movement of receiving the other that translation plays its central role in the dialogue between literatures, languages, and cultures, because, according to Donne, the essence of translation is to be openness, dialogue, mixture, decentralization. It is a relationship, or it is nothing (BERMAN, 2002, p. 17). The result of this research was the translation of the comedy L'Île des Esclaves, using Wordfast 3 Professional software, combining the study of translation phenomena with the reflection on the use of digital tools for the production of translations.