Interlingual Translation of museum texts for Low-Literacy Readers
Question of Easy / Plain Language
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https://doi.org/10.14393/DL51-v16n3a2022-1Keywords:
Easy Language, Plain Language, Interlingual Translation, Reading, LiteracyAbstract
The aim of this paper is to share an experience involving the translation of a scientific text for an audience composed of low-literacy readers. Firstly, the place of interlingual translation within in Translation Studies is presented. After that, some topics of relevance to translators when trying to meet the needs of the readers in their translations are discussed: reading and literacy. Then, an overview of the different ways in which language can be graded – Easy Language and Plain Language – is presented. Finally, the contributions of Text Linguistics, especially the seven textuality factors, are drawn. The material under study consists of the English version of a text originally written in Portuguese, which accompanies an experiment at the Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia da PUCRS (MCT-PUCRS) in Porto Alegre, Brazil. As we looked at the English version of that text, using the theories presented, we can see the evidence of the textuality factors in the production of an easy or plain text that can be understood by the target audience. At the end, the role of translators as mediators is reinforced, as they play an important role in bridging the gap between languages and cultures, but also in breaking the internal barriers of a language.
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