Approaching the materiality of poetry as intersemiotic, feminist translation strategy: Roser Matheu and Dolors Miquel

Beth Caygill

doi:10.14198/itaca.31052

Autors/ores

Beth Caygill Queen Mary University of London, Regne Unit https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2507-6734

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14198/itaca.31052

Paraules clau:

traducció intersemiòtica, lectura intersemiòtica, traducció feminista, materialitat, esfera domèstica, (in)visibilitat, Dolors Miquel, Roser Matheu

Resum

Com a contrast als processos anomenats inter- i intra-textuals, els quals s’enfoquen a les convencions de dues llengües —d’origen i meta— i la potència d’equivalència percebuda, a mitjan segle vint, Ramon Jakobson va encunyar el terme «traducció intersemiòtica» (1959) per a descriure la tercera categoria de traducció que depèn dels sistemes de comunicació no-lingüística (Jakobson 1959). Tot i que el concepte surt sovint a l’àmbit dels estudis de la Traducció, en diversos volums, tals com el de Madeleine Campbell i Ricarda Vidal, Translating across sensory and linguistic borders: intersemiotic journeys between media (2019) i, més recentment, el volum Art i posttraducció d’Anna Dot i Verdaguer (2023), encara no ha gaudit d’un discurs pel que fa als beneficis que pot aportar a l’àmbit feminista. Al dur a terme unes traduccions de poemes de Roser Matheu (Barcelona, 1892–1985) i Dolors Miquel (Lleida, 1960), investigo què pot aportar una lectura intersemiòtica a un text feminista (utilitzant, respectivament, la ceràmica i brodar). Tenint en compte les estratègies de traducció textual feministes ja ben establertes, com aquelles de Luise von Flotow (1997) i de Massardier-Kenney (1997), i la visibilització del procés de traducció potenciada pel gir intersemiòtic, retrobo, si és el millor matís, un procés de traducció que resumeix una història més llarga de les dones. Això inclou una recursivitat a les praxis de les traductores britàniques de l’edat moderna, que depenien de la materialitat a més de la política d’autoria en la traducció, i com es pot reivindicar com a praxi feminista moderna adequada (Vitoretta 2025; Inglis 2023).

Finançament

Aquest treball s’ha generat en el marc de l’ajuda de l’Institut Ramon Llull QMUL School/Institute - STA - Balearic Islands Doctoral Studentship in Catalan Studies (QMU_STA_BIDS).

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