In an effort to preserve and encourage the use of endangered languages, the last decade has witnessed the emergence of transnational projects funded by technology and software development companies such as Google and the Mozilla Foundation. Launched in 2012 by the Mozilla Foundation, the project ‘Native Mozilla’ is aimed at creating a more inclusive digital environment by developing web browsers and applications that will facilitate internet access and use to Latin American indigenous populations. A group of community users, translators, language teachers, developers, activists and other organizations have been particularly active in the translation of Firefox and Firefox Focus, Mozilla’s browsers for PC and Android, in 50 indigenous languages from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, and El Salvador. P’urhépecha is the main indigenous language of the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Spoken by nearly 120 000 speakers is considered as a threatened language. This article focuses on the translation project of Firefox Focus to P’urhépecha that took place from November 2014 to November 2018, and that involved the participation of P’urhépecha language and culture teachers, and students and alumni of the BA in Intercultural Language and Communication. In addition to describing the merits and shortcomings of the project, we will examine the translation and the training process. We will be arguing that the limited literacy in P’urphépecha shaped the role played by the working languages, thus influencing their translation choices and strategies.
Throughout the nineteenth century, European booksellers and publishers, mostly from France, England, Germany and Spain, produced textual materials in Europe and introduced them into Mexico and other Latin American countries. These transatlantic interchanges unfolded against the backdrop of the emergence of the international legal system to protect translation rights and required the involvement of a complex network of agents who carried with them publishing, translating and negotiating practices, in addition to books, pamphlets, prints and other goods. Tracing the trajectories of translated books and the socio-cultural, economic and legal forces shaping them, this article examines the legal battle over the translation and publishing rights of Les Leçons de chimie élémentaire, a chemistry book authored by Jean Girardin and translated and published in Spanish by Jean-Frédéric Rosa. Drawing on a socio-historical approach to translation, I argue that the arguments presented by both parties are indicative of the uncertainty surrounding the legal status of translated texts and of the different values then attributed to translation.
O conceito de “intradução” foi cunhado em 1992 para se referir à importação de livros estrangeiros para uma língua nacional através da tradução. Desde então o conceito tem viajado e seu significado foi expandido para descrever outros aspectos da produção internacional, da circulação e recepção de textos, como os espaços material e simbólico, os capitais e as práticas envolvidas nesses processos. Com o objetivo de continuar investigando seu poder explanatório, eu discuto nesse artigo que a intradução foi um processo dominante nas políticas de tradução do México no século 20. Eu examino três projetos de intradução financiados e/ou implementados pelo governo mexicano. O artigo é dividido em duas seções principais. A primeira seção discorre sobre os conceitos de política de tradução, intradução e extradução. A segunda seção começa com uma visão geral da evolução do campo editorial mexicano. Esta é sucedida pela descrição de três projetos de tradução financiados pelo governo mexicano e pela análise da evolução dos papéis e valores atribuídos à tradução.
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