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SPAN 133 SC - Translation and the Right to Language


Is translation an impossible task? This course will first examine key theories of translation (Schopenhauer, Von Humboldt, Nietzche, Benjamin, Pax, Ortega y Gasset, Borges, Derrida) to help us think about the issues that surround the practice of translation. The second phase of the course will allow us to translate from Spanish into English parts of key literary texts by Asturias, Cabrera Infante, Valenzuela at the same time we compare our work to that of their “official” translations by translators such as Rabassa and Levine. Finally, we shall explore translation as a practice that often contributes to a history of inequality among languages and people from different ethnic backgrounds.

Prerequisite(s): SPAN 044 
Course Credit: 1.0


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