A avaliatividade nos quadros de mujeres alteradas 1: uma análise a partir de marcas de tradução à luz da teoria funcionalista

Abstract

In the various situations of human interaction, we are constantly issuing and being targets of value judgment. All linguistic systems have ways of doing this, which does not mean that they do it the same way. Thus, valuable resources are constantly found by translators, who, in these situations, need to make decisions regarding translation. Therefore, this paper discusses aspects related to the translation of valuative elements of the Spanish <> Portuguese language pair of the comic books in the book Mujeres Alteradas 1 ([2003] 2005) by the Argentine cartoonist Maitena Burundarena. Therefore, our focus of analysis was, first, to verify the presence of the evaluative language in the tables, understanding and classifying the incidence according to the Theory of Evaluativity. Then, as a second step, the translation of the evaluative marks were analyzed from the perspective of the functionalist theory of translation, with this, by proposing an dialogue between the studies of Evaluativity and functionalist translation, we sought their points of convergence. Therefore, we can say that our theoretical framework is basically divided into two main areas: evaluative language, the subject of discussion in chapter 2, and functionalist translation, covered in chapter 3. In relation to the first, we explore the system of evaluative theory, seeking to understand the functioning, first, of its parts, and, after, the set as a whole. For this, we turn to theoretical sources, with the studies of Martin (2000), Martin and Rose (2003), White (2004), Martin and White (2005), as well as Brazilian theorists, such as Cruz (2012), Vian Junior, Souza and Almeida (2010) and Cabral (2007). Regarding the second, functionalist translation, we seek support, mainly, in Reiss and Vermeer (1996) and in Nord (2012, 2010a, 2009, 1997, 1994), aiming to understand important concepts for the theory and exploring analysis perspectives when we aim assist the translation of the functions of a text. To relate the two areas, we selected a research corpus composed of ten tables. As for the methodology, we adopted a qualitative research, mobilizing the objectives for each of the analyzes. The corpus was selected according to two criteria: (i) presence of evaluative elements; and (ii) the translation of the Evaluativity into Brazilian Portuguese; (iii) by way of variety of elements, the location of the excerpt within the Evaluation System. For this reason, in chapter 4, we propose your analyzes, contextualizing the comic, detailing important information. Therefore, we place the evaluation segment within the system that we presented earlier. After that, we compared the original version with the translated version, considering aspects related to functionalist translation, checking the existing translation marks in the evaluation aspects. Finally, in some cases, we consider it necessary to suggest another translation proposal, as we realized that the translation generated inconsistencies in relation to the functionality of the original text. Finally, we realized that the approximation between the fields of Evaluativeness and translation under a functionalist bias enabled a more solid analysis. Thus, the results indicate that Evaluativeness is an intrinsic characteristic of Maitena's comics. However, the translations did not always follow functional standards, since in some cases, they failed to fulfill the scope to which we believe they were planned, while they disengaged from the proposed meaning, which resulted in the alteration of the evaluation elements in incidence and degree.