BISHOU NO TERESA: UMA ANÁLISE DESCRITIVA DAS ESCOLHAS TRADUTÓRIAS DO MANGÁ CLAYMORE, DE NORIHIRO YAGI

Abstract

This paper proposes a descriptive analysis of the translational choices of the Claymore manga, by Norihiro Yagi, from Japanese to Brazilian Portuguese. Therefore, the corpus selected to be compared with the source text was the official translation in Brazil, made by Adriana Kazue Sada, better known as Drik Sada, and published by Panini. More specifically, the most recurring names and culturally marked lexemes in all volumes were analyzed. To conduct this study, we draw on Peter Howell (2004), who synthesized textual procedures and related them to the strategic tendencies of domestication, foreignization and neutralization. The methodology adopted to perform the selection and analysis is also based on that performed by Howell (2004). The aim of this paper is to analyze which procedures and strategies are associated with translational choices for proper names and lexemes, assuming that the prevailing strategic tendency is foreignization, since Claymore’s plot presents a geographical context analogous to Medieval Europe, and the proper names help in the characterization of the scenario. At the same time, the aim is to bring visibility to the manga translation work and to understand a little more about the difficulties involved in this endeavor that the translators of this kind of narrative face.