TRADUÇÃO E AFETO: ESTRATÉGIAS TRADUTÓRIAS EM INOCÊNCIA DE HENRIQUETA CHAMBERLAIN

Abstract

The present study seeks to analyze the translation strategies of the book Inocência (1946), translation of Inocência (1872) by Visconde de Taunay, published by McMillian Company New York, and translated by Henriqueta Chamberlain. To identify, comprehend and analyze the translation strategies, we utilized the books A Tradução Literária (2012) by Paulo Henriques Britto, A Tradução e a Letra e o Albergue do Longínquo (2013) by Antoine Berman, Procedimentos Técnicos da Tradução by Heloísa Barbosa (2020) and Translation, Power, Subversion (1996) by Román Alvarez and M. Carmen-África Vidal. Our methodology involved comparing the source text and the translated text of Inocência and by through that we elaborated interpretative hypotheses, identifying normative patterns which allowed the translation to be placed in the U.S literary system and discussing how this translation process connects with Henriqueta Chamberlain’s Brazilian experiences. By means of comparative methodology, we found that Chamberlain’s translation has a certain tendency to modify some of the words and expressions, clarify local idioms, omit certain oral marks, and preserve culture items in Portuguese. These pedagogical strategies were used to provide a more fluid text for the American public who had limited knowledge of Brazilian literature. We have reached the conclusion that the translation was done coherently according to the United States translation project, and Chamberlain’s affection with the Brazilian culture seems to have interfered in the translation of Inocência. Keywords: Descriptive Translation Studies. Literary translation. Brazilian literature. Henriqueta Chamberlain. Affection.