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The Translator's Invisibility
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Iman Tahanan
Iman Tahanan
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Nov 7, 2024

Hello Everyone,
Venuti talks about invisibility in the process of translation. I am curious to know how you solve this issue. This feature, as I have experienced, downgrades the work of the translator making it seem unimportant.

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The book Nov 7, 2024

Iman Tahanan wrote:
Venuti talks about invisibility in the process of translation. I am curious to know how you solve this issue.

I assume you're talking about his book:
"The Translator's Invisibility: A History of Translation", Lawrence Venuti, 2008 (2nd ed)

Your question seems to imply that you consider it a problem that the translator is or becomes invisible. Most translators do not consider this a problem -- indeed, most translators strive for invisibility.

Invisibility is, potentially, a problem for foreign-language authors if the translators favour fluency over accuracy in the translations, but I guess different authors will have different feelings about this. Some authors will want readers to experience them as they had originally intended to sound, while other authors will want readers to fall in love with the translated versions of their works, even if the translation speaks in a different voice from what the author had originally intended.

[Edited at 2024-11-07 11:23 GMT]

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Niina Lahokoski
neilmac
 
Niina Lahokoski
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The translator should be invisible *in the translated text* Nov 7, 2024

As I see it, the ideal is that the translator is "invisible" in the sense that the text isn't recognizable as a translation and reads like it was written in the target language. However, translators should be "visible" in the sense that they get credit for their work (which often doesn't happen, unfortunately).

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
P.L.F. Persio
Kevin Fulton
Iman Tahanan
Maria Laura Curzi
Christine Andersen
Daryo
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Visible vs invisible Nov 7, 2024

I understand the translator's invisibility not as a devaluation but as having done the job thoroughly, i.e. without it being noticeable that it is a translation. However, It is important to note that Valenti’s discussion around the translator’s invisibility is restricted to literature.

Maria Laura Curzi
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Daniel Frisano
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Invisibility is what you should always strive for Mar 26

A good translator must be invisible, meaning that the translated text should flow so naturally that the reader/user forgets that it was a translation altogether.

Trying to get noticed or feel appreciated smells of insecurity and will only get in the way of what your are trying to create.

It's the art that counts, not the artist.

Maria Laura Curzi
 
Iman Tahanan
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Thank you for your comment Mar 26

Daniel Frisano wrote:

A good translator must be invisible, meaning that the translated text should flow so naturally that the reader/user forgets that it was a translation altogether.

Trying to get noticed or feel appreciated smells of insecurity and will only get in the way of what your are trying to create.

It's the art that counts, not the artist.


 
Gjorgji Apostolovski
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pic Mar 27

Look at my profile picture.
I'd also use a nickname, but I left my real name just for the potential clients.
 


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