Gender Inderterminacy in Translation: the Case of R. L. Stine's Give Yourself Goosebumps Gamebooks via Portuguese Translation

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

389 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

As works of fction, gamebooks offer narrative-bound choices – the
reader generally takes on the role of a character inserted in the narrative
itself, with gamebooks consequently tending towards being a story told
in the second-person perspective. In pursuance of this aim, they can, in
some cases, adopt gender-neutral language as regards grammatical gender, which in turn poses a translation challenge when rendering the texts
into Portuguese, a language strongly marked by grammatical gender.
Stemming from an analysis of a number of gamebooks in R. L. Stine’s
popular Give Yourself Goosebumps series, this article seeks to understand
how gender indeterminacy (when present) is kept in translation, while
examining the strategies used to this effect by Portuguese translators –
and particularly how ideas of implied readership come into play in the
dialogue between the North-American and Portuguese literary systems.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)329-345
Number of pages17
JournalRevista de Estudos Anglo-Portugueses
Issue number27
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventVersion, Subversion: Translation, the Canon and its Discontents: an international conference on literary translation - Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Duration: 12 Dec 201314 Dec 2013
https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=15842

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Gender Inderterminacy in Translation: the Case of R. L. Stine's Give Yourself Goosebumps Gamebooks via Portuguese Translation'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this