Autorka i tłumaczka: dwie pełnoprawne postacie? O przekładzie feministycznym w Kanadzie na przykładzie „Lettres d’une autre” Lise Gauvin i „przekładu w rodzaju żeńskim” Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood
Author and Translator: Two Full-Fledged Characters? On the Feminist Translation in Canada Based on the Example of „Lettres d’une autre” by Lise Gauvin and “Feminine Translation” by Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood

Summary/Abstract: Among many translation activities characteristic for Canada, a “feminine translation”, meaning an act of re-creation, is particularly worth mentioning. One of its representatives is Susanne de Lotbiniere-Harwood, a translator of the texts of Quebec feminists, including Lise Gauvin’s „Lettres d’une autre” (1984) translated into English in 1989 („Letters from an Other”). De Lotbiniere-Harwood’s translation caused controversy, as — according to the critics — she explained to much to a reader, inserted too many footnotes and feminized the text more than the original. The translation activity of de Lotbniere-Harwood proves how, by using the creative approach to translation, the act of translation itself becomes visible, and the feminization of the target text creates a space for female expression also in a real world.

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