Critical Review of the Translation of Mulheres de Cinzas (2015), by Mia Couto, to the English Language

Review of the translation of the novel Mulheres de Cinzas, by Mia Couto, to the English language, “Women of Ashes”, translated by David Brookshaw. The book in Portuguese was published by the publisher Caminho, in 2015. The English version was published by Picador, in 2018. This review aims to analyz...

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Autor: Silva de Souza Saboia, Samira
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Belas Infiéis
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/48520
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/belasinfieis/article/view/48520
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Estudos da Tradução. Tradução Literária. Paratextos. Tradutor. Estudos Descritivos da Tradução.
Translation Studies. Literary Translation. Paratexts. Translator. Descriptive Translation Studies.
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Sumario:Review of the translation of the novel Mulheres de Cinzas, by Mia Couto, to the English language, “Women of Ashes”, translated by David Brookshaw. The book in Portuguese was published by the publisher Caminho, in 2015. The English version was published by Picador, in 2018. This review aims to analyze textual and paratextual elements of the source text as well as the target text. Furthermore, we observed the translation strategies used when dealing with particularly complex parts of the novel.