Trechos de Quarto de despejo: experimentando uma tradução comentada

Abstract

CARVALHO, Tracy da Silva. Trechos de Quarto de Despejo: experimentando uma tradução comentada. This work aims to experiment with the translation from Portuguese into the English language of some parts of Carolina Maria de Jesus’ book Quarto de Despejo. These translations are presented with comments about the source-text, about the translation choices and about the choices of the translator in the English version Child of the Dark. This work sought to come up with translation solutions that respect the features of Carolina’s text, being responsible and ethical for her identity while a Black woman. Through a qualitative analysis of the source-text Quarto de Despejo some fragments within it were selected based on the recurring themes in the text like racial and social issues. This translation exercise aimed to care for the text while respecting its non-standard language and to maintain the uni que style of Carolina’s work. To do so, the theories of Black translation and Black literature guided the translati on choices in order to maintain the features of the text so the english language reader can identify themselves with it, also the translation goal is to prevent the source-text from aggressions previously made in Child of the Dark. Keywords: Carolina Maria de Jesus; Commented translation; Child of the Dark; Black literature; Black translation.