Les Faces de la Trahison dans le Processus Traductionnel

Abstract

Treason’s Faces in Translation Process

If we take a closer look at the translation’s process, from the reception of the message in the source language till it is rendered into the target one, we will see that it is covered by moments during which the translator (with the participation of the author and the reader themselves!) makes four treasons, not just one as it is commonly thought. Nevertheless, an in-depth analysis will show that the translator is not the unique accountable for this “mischief”. Indeed, this paper aims at discharging the translator, partly not totally, from the betrayal he is arbitrarily often accused of.