<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article aims to bring to the attention of Translation Studies scholars and Translation historians outside Brazil a specific phenomenon in the historiography of translation into Portuguese. The focus rests on the scientific translation boom which took place in Portugal between 1799 and 1808, in a movement of books and knowledge which molded Enlightenment in the Portuguese Empire. In that context, a group of translators born in Brazil played a decisive role while working for the <italic>Tipographia Casa do Arco do Cego,</italic> run by Friar José Mariano da Conceição Veloso, a publishing house known for its publications on enlightened science.</p></abstract>

This article aims to bring to the attention of Translation Studies scholars and Translation historians outside Brazil a specific phenomenon in the historiography of translation into Portuguese. The focus rests on the scientific translation boom which took place in Portugal between 1799 and 1808, in a movement of books and knowledge which molded Enlightenment in the Portuguese Empire. In that context, a group of translators born in Brazil played a decisive role while working for the Tipographia Casa do Arco do Cego, run by Friar José Mariano da Conceição Veloso, a publishing house known for its publications on enlightened science.

Translation history and scientific development: enlightened knowledge in Portuguese

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This article aims to bring to the attention of Translation Studies scholars and Translation historians outside Brazil a specific phenomenon in the...

Translation history and scientific development: enlightened knowledge in Portuguese

Published Online: Feb 24, 2020

Page range: 23 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2019-0006

Keywords
Translation history, Enlightenment, Portuguese, Brazilian translators

© 2019 Alessandra R. Oliveira Harden, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Translation history and scientific development: enlightened knowledge in Portuguese

Published Online: Feb 24, 2020

Page range: 23 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2019-0006

KeywordsTranslation history, Enlightenment, Portuguese, Brazilian translators

© 2019 Alessandra R. Oliveira Harden, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Translation history, Enlightenment, Portuguese, Brazilian translators