Operaciones traductológicas de resignificación del Holocaustoideología y ética en su representación
ISSN: 2174-047X, 2254-1756
Year of publication: 2014
Issue: 4
Pages: 99-113
Type: Article
More publications in: Estudios de traducción
Abstract
Representations are by definition acts of resignification, to the extent that the original meaning of the reality which is brought to the present is modelled according to the personal circumstances and worldview of the social agent in charge of the representation. Insofar as language is the vehicle used to shape our worldview, it is inevitable that representations are ideologically biased. In this paper, I intend to analyse, through Holocaust literature translations, some of the resignification operations to which the Nazi genocide has been subjected. In addition to reflecting on the ethical implications of these kinds of interventions, our objective shall be to raise awareness of the image, at times distorted, that exists in the collective imaginary.