Unexpected Allies

Buzelin, Hélène

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“…Defiendo que todo acto traductivo está -o debería estar-basado en cierta medida en un enfoque n'zassa, que ve en la traducción una actividad colaborativa y en su producto una construcción colectiva, en la que los escritores, traductores y lectores son tejedores de sentido. Sobre la relación entre etnografía y traducción, los trabajos de Buzelin (2004Buzelin ( , 2005, Ferreira (2014Ferreira ( , 2017 y Wolf (2010) son fundamentales. Concluyo que la lectura del n'zassa adiaffiano, desde la perspectiva de la teoría del actor-red de Latour, ayuda a reducir la pérdida de información y le otorga al traductor una especie de aceptación colectiva inmediata.…”

Section: N'zassa: De Un Enfoque De Traducción Colaborativa a Una Consunclassified

“…Unlike Actor-networks which "can only reveal themselves when activated" (Buzelin, 2005), n'zassa Meaning Weavers (mws) may impose themselves right from the first contact with the material being studied. More than focusing on the hybridity of the product, one is fascinated by the hybrid nature of the proper subject.…”

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“…In literary translation of written works in general, one assumes that a translator investigates these elements. Indeed, Buzelin (2005) is right when she says that both theoretical approaches (descriptive and polysystem studies) contributed a lot to the debate in the field of translation, and yet a "process-oriented kind of research is needed." It is in this search of a practical stance that the n'zassa concept enters the debate about translation practice.…”

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N’zassa: from a collaborative translation approach to a collective construct

N’gana

2019

Mutatis Mutandis

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The ethnographic approach to literary translation offers, undoubtedly, many avenues yet to be explored. If we can consider translation to be a perpetual search for a possibility, dialogic translation consists of waging with the ‘other’–be they present physically and/or metaphysically–the battle for meaning. The n’zassa approach has no aim but to both reinforce the translator’s visibility and build a trustworthy relationship with (trans)readers. I argue that every translation act is–or should be–based, to some extent, on a n’zassa approach, which sees translation practice as a collaborative activity, and its product, a collective construct wherein writers, translators and readers are Meaning Weavers. Each text carries an embryo of such an encounter, which stems from and results in mutual influences. With regard to the relation ethnography-translation, Buzelin (2004, 2005), Ferreira (2014, 2017) and Wolf’s (2000) discussions prove fundamental. I conclude that Adiaffi’s n’zassa, read through the lens of Latour’s (2008) ANT, helps reduce information lost and gives the translator a type of immediate collective acceptance. It is only through dialogue between subjects and forms, between divergent and convergent choices in the practice of translation that one can strive for a real and inclusive knowledge economy.N’zassa: De un enfoque de traducción colaborativa a una construcción colectivaResumenSin duda, el enfoque etnográfico en la traducción literaria ofrece muchas posibilidades sin explorar. Si se considera a la traducción una búsqueda perpetua de posibilidad, la traducción dialógica consiste en librar contra el otro –sea su presencia física o metafísica– la batalla por el sentido. El enfoque n’zassa busca tanto reforzar la visibilidad del traductor como construir una relación de confianza con los (trans)lectores. Defiendo que todo acto traductivo está –o debería estar–basado en cierta medida en un enfoque n’zassa, que ve en la traducción una actividad colaborativa y en su producto una construcción colectiva, en la que los escritores, traductores y lectores son tejedores de sentido. Sobre la relación entre etnografía y traducción, los trabajos de Buzelin (2004, 2005), Ferreira (2014, 2017) y Wolf (2010) son fundamentales. Concluyo que la lectura del n’zassa adiaffiano, desde la perspectiva de la teoría del actor-red de Latour, ayuda a reducir la pérdida de información y le otorga al traductor una especie de aceptación colectiva inmediata. Solo a través del diálogo entre sujetos y formas, y entre decisiones divergentes o convergentes en la práctica traductiva, se puede esperar una economía real e inclusiva del conocimiento.Palabras clave: n’zassa, traducción colaborativa, construcción colectiva, dialogismo, enfoque etnográficoFecha de recepción: 30/04/2019Fecha de aceptación: 22/06/2019¿Cómo citar este artículo? N’zassa: from a collaborative translation approach to a collective construct. Mutatis Mutandis. Revista Latinoamericana de Traducción, 12(2), 519-539. DOI: 10.27533/udea.mut.v12n2a09

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“…From this perspective, translatory text production re-appears as an actor network by itself and as a main agency in multicultural fields where the transcultural extension and mediation of actor networks must be accomplished. This approach has been adapted and elaborated for the translation field, for example, by Buzelin (2005), Bogic (2010) and Abdallah (2011). Latour (2005) and Hutchins (1995a, b) base their research on ethnographic methods and/or ethnomethodology: on participative or detailed historical observation of authentic production and application situations -at the actual spot where the actors are situated -and on the analysis of the material (texts, instruments) and immaterial objects (e.g., memorised checklists) which are formed by and contribute to forming the network.…”

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Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process Research

2015

Benjamins Current Topics

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“…These prominent ANT theorists see society existing as ongoing processes of relationships. 13 Identifying and analyzing networks of relations is useful for explaining social change, defining positions, and stabilizing actors, objects, and institutions in society so they can be explained.…”

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To rob the world of a people: Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School

Ilyniak

2015

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Abstract. This paper demonstrates, through Sagkeeng First Nation narratives, how the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School (FAIRS) is a micro-instance of genocide in the context of language. An understanding is offered from the perspective of a settler colonial academic, in consideration of decolonizing principles. Using relational theory, namely Actor-Network Theory, this paper discusses how FAIRS's practices were designed and operated to disrupt relations between children and their community by removing Anishinaabe language, and the ways children and their families negotiated and undermined these practices. Data was collected through critical narrative analysis and sociohistoric inquiry to identify and unpack the practice of language removal in FAIRS, as identified in Survivors' testimonies, interviews, stories, and memoir.

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Unexpected Allies

Cited by 247 publications

References 19 publications

N’zassa: from a collaborative translation approach to a collective construct

N’zassa: from a collaborative translation approach to a collective construct

Interdisciplinarity in Translation and Interpreting Process Research

To rob the world of a people: Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School

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