Translating Robert Schumann : methodology as self-exposure and defense

  • This paper is part of a broader research project, which involves the Brazilian Portuguese translation, with notes and commentaries, of the 'Gesammelte Schriften über Musik und Musiker' (On Music and Musicians) by the German composer Robert Schumann (1810-1856). In such a study, located on the border of language, literature, and music, methodology gains a double significance: firstly, the nature and extent of the incursions through fields which are autonomous in themselves, but connected in the document to be translated, not only requires unity, but also reveals the gaps the translator is exposed to; and secondly, the methodology not only defines the scientific premises of the work, but also brings to light its ethical dimension. With this in mind I have chosen a methodological approach which works in two complementary ways, with the act of translating always being the point of departure and arrival: (1) from the experience of translation and the identification of gaps and problems, followed by the registration of the first notes and comments, through systematic research in connected areas; and (2) the opposite way: from the research in related fields back to the translation and to the editing of notes and comments. Each step of the process is carefully registered, as well as the different versions of the translated text. Allowing methodology to take precedence is therefore an act of self-exposure and defense: on the one hand, it is a means of assuring visibility for the translator; on the other hand, it secures concrete parameters for judgment both by readers and critics.

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Author:João Azenha Junior
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-245937
URL:http://real.fl.ul.pt/detalhe_texto.page/id/221/revista/214/texto/Jo%E3o+Azenha+Junior%3A+Translating+Robert+Schumann%3A+
ISSN:1647-8061
Parent Title (Portuguese):Revista de estudos alemães : REAL
Publisher:Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Lisboa
Place of publication:Lisboa
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2010
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/05/10
Tag:Robert Schumann / Gesammelte Schriften über Musik und Musiker
translation as knowledge building; translation methodology
GND Keyword:Schumann, Robert; Übersetzung
Volume:1
Page Number:11
First Page:71
Last Page:81
HeBIS-PPN:357293983
Dewey Decimal Classification:8 Literatur / 83 Deutsche und verwandte Literaturen / 830 Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur
Sammlungen:Germanistik / GiNDok
CompaRe | Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
BDSL-Klassifikation:03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft / BDSL-Klassifikation: 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft > 03.11.00 Übersetzung
03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft / BDSL-Klassifikation: 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft > 03.08.00 Poetik / BDSL-Klassifikation: 03.00.00 Literaturwissenschaft > 03.08.00 Poetik > 03.08.04 Dichtung und Musik
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:REAL – Revista de Estudos Alemães / REAL – Revista de Estudos Alemães : 2010, No. 1 = Estudos Alemães em Portugal ; Tendências recentes da investigação germanística
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-250171
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht