Culture, “Fictional Orality” and Context in Two English Translations of “Uvieta,” by Carmen Lyra

 

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egilea: Vargas Castro, Éricka
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:2026
Deskribapena:This article analyzes culturally charged terms related to “fictional orality,” their intrinsic contextual relationship, and their impact on translation decisions. Two English versions (1968 and 2000) of Carmen Lyra’s “Uvieta” were selected; their culturemes were identified and systematized according to the translation strategies used. Representative extracts were analyzed based on meaning, importance within the source text, and translational difficulty. These three criteria are fundamental; even when the same linguistic resource conveys both cultural information and “fictional orality” in a given context, translation decisions could favor one aspect at the expense of the other.
Herria:Portal de Revistas UNA
Erakundea:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Hizkuntza:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/22765
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/22765
Gako-hitza:Uvieta
Costa Rican literature
culturemes
translation
context
literatura costarricense
culturemas
traducción
contexto