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<p>Translation is an act of peace and exchange that aims to transcend linguistic and cultural boundaries. Indeed, translation is a transcultural practice that aims at the acceptance of the other and the encounters of languages and cultures. Several questions arise from this: What type of reflection on translation can be envisaged to break down linguistic and cultural boundaries? Should we think of translation as a purely linguistic act? Is it possible to accept the other from a linguistic and cultural point of view to conceive translation as a transcultural act? We will try to answer these questions by analyzing and by translating extracts into Italian from Prière aux ancêtres by the French- Congolese poet Gabriel Okoundji.</p>
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Translation is an act of peace and exchange that aims to transcend linguistic and cultural boundaries. Indeed, translation is a transcultural practice that aims at the acceptance of the other and the encounters of languages and cultures. Several questions arise from this: What type of reflection on translation can be envisaged to break down linguistic and cultural boundaries? Should we think of translation as a purely linguistic act? Is it possible to accept the other from a linguistic and cultural point of view to conceive translation as a transcultural act? We will try to answer these questions by analyzing and by translating extracts into Italian from Prière aux ancêtres by the French- Congolese poet Gabriel Okoundji.

La traduction peut-elle abattre les frontières linguistiques et culturelles ?

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Translation is an act of peace and exchange that aims to transcend linguistic and cultural boundaries. Indeed, translation is a transcultural practice that...

La traduction peut-elle abattre les frontières linguistiques et culturelles ?

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 94 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2021-0008

Keywords
transcultural studies, translation, border, poetry, Gabriel Okoundji

© 2021 Agatino Lo Castro, published by Sciendo

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

La traduction peut-elle abattre les frontières linguistiques et culturelles ?

Published Online: Jan 21, 2022

Page range: 94 - 105

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tran-2021-0008

Keywordstranscultural studies, translation, border, poetry, Gabriel Okoundji

© 2021 Agatino Lo Castro, published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
transcultural studies, translation, border, poetry, Gabriel Okoundji