Supporting the Literary Posture in the Translation of Indigenous Literature into Spanish

Authors

  • Ana Kancepolsky Teichmann Université de Montréal
  • María Paula Salerno Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/af29496

Keywords:

francophone indigenous litteratures, literary translation, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, literary posture, Spanish-speaking indigenous literature

Abstract

In this article, we demonstrate the importance of problematizing the processes of translating Indigenous literatures into Spanish, in order to maintain the literary posture of their authors in the translated versions. We focus on Natasha Kanapé-Fontaine's poetic writing, and we analyze the textual difficulties we faced when translating a selection of poems from N'entre pas dans mon âme avec tes chaussures (2012) and Bleuets et Abricots (2016) for the bilingual anthology Mujer tierra, mujer poema, recently published in Argentina. These texts underscore some issues linked to the identity of First Peoples in Quebec, leading us to reflect on the creative dimension of Indigenous poetry from the south of the continent, and to initiate intercultural dialogue between productions from different latitudes. In this respect, we emphasize the important role of translation in making little-known literature visible, and in fostering relations between cultures.

Author Biographies

Ana Kancepolsky Teichmann, Université de Montréal

Ana Kancepolsky Teichmann is a French translator with the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. She is currently a Master's student in Comparative Literature at the Université de Montréal. She is a member of the research group "Crear(se), reescribir(se), traducir(se): posturas literarias y posturas políticas en autoras y traductoras contemporáneas" (IdIHCS, UNLP), directed by María Leonor Sara and Claudia Moronell, where she analyzes the writing and translation of contemporary literary works by women from the First Peoples of Quebec. As part of the Future Leaders of the Americas Program, she completed a research internship at the Université de Sherbrooke (2021), studying An Antane Kapesh's Eukuan nin matshi-manitu innushkueu/Je suis une maudite sauvagesse, with a view to translating 

María Paula Salerno, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET

María Paula Salerno holds a PhD in literature. She teaches French Literature at the National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. She is pursuing her studies at the Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences of the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences at UNLP, thanks to a CONICET postdoctoral research grant (2020-2024). Her work in the fields of textual criticism, genetic criticism, material bibliography and translation theories includes the study of literary archives of modern writers. She has taught rioplatense literature at the University of Wuppertal, Germany (2020-2021) and is a member of the research group "Crear(se), reescribir(se), traducir(se): posturas literarias y posturas políticas en autoras y traductoras contemporáneas" (IdIHCS, UNLP), directed by María Leonor Sara and Claudia Moronell (2020-2024).

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2023-12-15

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Kancepolsky Teichmann, A., & Salerno, M. P. (2023). Supporting the Literary Posture in the Translation of Indigenous Literature into Spanish. ALTERNATIVE FRANCOPHONE, 3(3), 49–66. https://doi.org/10.29173/af29496

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2023): Imagining Linguistic and Theoretical Constellations for the Study of Indigenous Literatures

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