Traduzir o cultural

a problemática da explicitação

Abstract

Adaptation to readers may require certain cultural features to be made explicit. In original texts culture is identified by words and made more explicit by verbal context. Illustrations from an Indian novel written in English are given. In translation, adding to the text may become necessary when context is insufficient. Illustrations from the French translation of a Corean author are given. Finally, a comparison is made of the French and English translations of a major Chinese novel of the 18^th century: the English supplies the bare minimum in explanation, succeeding in fostering interest in the novel, the French strays into too many explanations, resulting in difficult reading.