Traducción de "Mexicanismos" en capítulos subtitulados del Chavo del Ocho: estudio con base en la traducción cultural y traducción funcional

Abstract

This article aims to analyze how the translation of "mexicanismos", word or mode of expression typical of the Mexican variant, is given in portuguese subtitles of two specific chapters of “Chavo del ocho”: - “Chaves – Seu madruga na escolinha (Programa Chespirito, 1981) – Legendado” and “Chaves – O regreso do seu madruga (Programa Chespirito, 1981) – Legendado”. The methodology adopted in this article takes into consideration: (i) to investigate the "Mexicanisms" used in the two chapters chosen; (ii) how was the process of translating audio in Spanish for the subtitle in Portuguese, seeking to verify what were the criteria used at the time of translation; and, (iii) make a discussion of the results found throughout the analysis taking into account the importance of the cultural aspects of the basic language for the target language. The chapters were chosen because they presented a greater number of representative expressions of Mexico, according to the Dictionary of Spanish of Mexico - DEM (2012), that is, the chapters had more features of the Mexican culture. The results found from the analyzes showed that many times cultural aspects of LB (basic language) were hidden, others the communicative function was not reached, as well as, the objectives were not fulfilled. That is why the translator has a very important role because he / she takes responsibility for not "cheating" the author of TB (basic text), the recipients of the TM (target text) and the person who ordered the translation.