Traducció al català i comentari d’un fragment del relat autobiogràfic «Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit» d’Annie Ernaux

Nos Queralt, Maria

Traducció al català i comentari d’un fragment del relat autobiogràfic «Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit» d’Annie Ernaux

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Nos Queralt, M. Traducció al català i comentari d’un fragment del relat autobiogràfic «Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit» d’Annie Ernaux. 2019. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/43068

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Abstract

This study presents a first translation from French into Catalan of the first half of the autobiographical story «Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit», by the French writer Annie Ernaux. This translation aims to provide to the Catalan reader with a literary work of an author who is renowned in the current French literary landscape, but whose work, except in one case, has not been translated into Catalan. The text is a diary in which the author addresses her experience of the evolution of her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease up until her mother’s death. The subject of the text, the fact that it is an autobiographical document and its particular style, conditioned by the psychology of the author, are essential issues to take into account when translating the text and they require reflection to take specific decisions. The conflictive issues which arose during the translation process are outlined in a commentary that includes excerpts from the original text and from the translation accompanied by explanations regarding the decisions adopted for the translation. The result of this study is a first translation into Catalan of a fragment of «Je ne suis pas sortie de ma nuit» which tries to respect the spontaneity in the way the events and thoughts are presented, which characterises Ernaux’s style in this diary, and to achieve a target text that is very close to the original text.