Jorge Braga Riera

Classical Spanish drama in Restoration English (1660-1700)

From 1660 to c 1700, England set her eyes on Spain and on the seventeenth-century Spanish comedy of intrigue with an aim to import new plots and characters that might appeal to the Anglo-Saxon audience. As a consequence, Hispanic drama in translation enjoyed a period of relative popularity never to be repeated until the turn of the twenty-first century. By analysing a corpus of translated classical Spanish plays intended for performance, this book aims to show the strategies chosen by the translators concerned. Hence, many aspects present in the source texts are naturalized in order to meet the demands of the target culture, while others are kept to clarify the “Spanishness” of the text. This study draws significant conclusions on the validity of these mechanisms within the specific framework of Drama Translation Studies. This volume will be of interest to Hispanists, drama translation scholars and theatre practitioners.

Translating literary dialect: Victorian English in Peninsular Spanish

ABSTRACTPurposeThis paper briefly attempts to examine the actual problems translators face when rendering regional varieties, as well as the potential mechanisms they can resort to so as to ensure ...ABSTRACT Purpose This paper briefly attempts to examine the actual problems translators face when rendering regional varieties, as well as the potential mechanisms they can resort to so as to ensure success in the target text. Methods By using some examples in Victorian literature (more specifically to the work of Thomas Hardy) and two Spanish translations of one of his most popular novels. Results Standarization seems to be the norm when these dialectal features transcend geographical and sociological boundaries, although some compensatory strategies can be observed. Still, these do not manage to convey the identities of the characters and the freshness of their language. Conclusion The use of dialect in translated literature deserves the attention of literary scholars and translation practitioners, given its linguistic and sociological significance and the complexities of this intricate task.