From Louisiana to Luisiana. Pragmatic strategies in the translation into Spanish of Tim Gautreaux’s texts
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Sperber and Wilson, Relevance theory, style, literary translation, Tim GautreauxAbstract
This article analyses the pragmatic strategies used in the Spanish translations of the works of Tim Gautreaux, using Sperber and Wilson's (1986) relevance theory as a theoretical framework. It examines the challenges of adapting titles, the use of technical terminology, and the translation of humour, assessing the extent to which the breath of interpretation of the original is preserved in the target text. Through a qualitative-comparative analysis, it is concluded that the translation optimizes the relationship between the cognitive effects and the processing effort and adjusts certain elements without compromising the aesthetic experience. Relevance theory is confirmed as an ideal framework for this analysis.
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