Sumários

Visit to the Biblioteca Nacional

10 Abril 2024, 09:30 Zsófia Gombár


Sts visited the Biblioteca Nacional and participated in a guided tour given by Dra Ana Monteiro.


For those Sts who were not able to join us today, I share a video in Portuguese for yourreference :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGjN3oJ8ysk

Translating in Estado Novo Portugal

8 Abril 2024, 09:30 Zsófia Gombár


Sts gave the following presentations, accompanied by quizzes and in-class discussions:


T. Seruya. “Translation in Portugal during the Estado Novo” (Translation Production) by Inês Ferreira and Tatiana Rodrigues

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Quiz

 

T. Seruya. “Translation in Portugal during the Estado Novo” (Censorship) by Sara Caldeira and Rita Rocha 

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Quiz


Translating Shakespeare in Portugal

3 Abril 2024, 09:30 Zsófia Gombár


Presentations (listed below) on translating Shakespeare into Portuguese were delivered, and then followed by class discussion.


M. J. da Rocha Afonso. “Simão de Melo Brandão and the first Portuguese version of Othello” by Catarina Agostinho and Gonçalo Nogueira

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Quiz

 

J. Ferreira Duarte: “The Politics of Non-Translation” by Andreia Charneca and Adriana Coelho

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Quiz

 

R. Pina Coelho. “Safe Shakespeare” by Miguel Cruz e Tadeu Sousa

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Quiz


Translation in the 19th and 20th Century

1 Abril 2024, 09:30 Zsófia Gombár


The presentations were given by Sts, which were followed by in-class quizzes and discussion.


Friedrich Schleiermacher. “On the Different Methods of Translating” by Inês Barreiros

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Quiz


 

George Steiner. After Babel by Fausto Lelles and Aminata Baldé

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Quiz


 

Walter Benjamin, “The Task of the Translator” by Amarilde Silva and Filipa Ribeiro

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Quiz



Domestication versus Foreignization

20 Março 2024, 09:30 Zsófia Gombár


We discussed Group Work: Shakespeare Translated, Published and Staged: https://translationhistory2024.blogspot.com/2024/03/group-work-shakespeare-translated-and.html


Sts watched the video on domestication and foreignization, created by Peter Constantine and Brian Sneeden from the University of Connecticut.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtKasLH6H0M

 

Sts were asked to answer the questions of the Google Forms quiz, which was also published on the blog post ‘Educational Activities’ of our educational blog Translationhistory2024:

 

 

https://translationhistory2024.blogspot.com/2024/02/educational-activities.html

 

The answers were discussed in pairs, and later in class.