Ethics and Affect in the Translation of Testimonies From Searchers in Contexts of Enforced Disappearance in Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.60923/issn.2036-0967/23496Parole chiave:
translation, testimony, Latin America, Mexico, enforced disappearanceAbstract
This article explores the ethical and affective dimensions of translating testimonies from people searching for their disappeared relatives in Mexico from Spanish into English. Focusing on transitivity and agentivity in the verb desaparecer (to disappear), it uses translation as a method for investigating this violence. It argues that translation choices must attend to the grammatical and affective structures through which searchers articulate disappearance and its impact, framing such choices as an ethical approach to testimonial translation.
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