Bracia Malinche, czyli o tym, jak Fortuna sprzyja śmiałym tłumaczom. Szkice

• Authors: Marzena Chrobak

Title variants

EN

MALINCHE’S BROTHERS, OR HOW FORTUNE FAVOURS BRAVE TRANSLATORS. SKETCHES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In my essay I present a gallery of portraits and silhouettes of military interpreters: La Malinche, Hernan Cortés’ interpreter during the conquest of Mexico, 1519; Manuel, a Cuban student involved in traffic with Russian generals, 2000; an anonymous Indian woman, Nicolas Federmann’s interpreter during the conquest of Venezuela, 16th c.A.C.; Iraqi interpreters for Polish troops, 2003; Gaius Valerius Proculus, Cesar’s interpreter, 4th c.B.C.). By these examples, taken from chronicles and novels (A. Carpentier, La aprendiz de la bruja, J. Diaz, Las cuatro fugas de Manuel), I try to define the specificity of military interpreter’s profession.

Keywords

EN

HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION; CUBAN LITERATURE; MALINCHE; ALEJO CARPENTIER; CONQUEST OF MEXICO

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Studia Iberystyczne
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 57-73

Contributors

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Marzena Chrobak

• Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Filologii Romanskiej, al. Mickiewicza 9, 31-120 Krakow