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Publication details [#14450]
Cardinal, Philippe. 2004. Xhuyaa et Ts’ehk’i: les traductions de deux versions des hauts faits du corbeau et l’éthique de la traduction des récits traditionnels des Premières Nations [Xhuyaa and Ts’ehk’i: translations of two versions of the raven's deeds and the ethics of translating First Nations traditional narratives]. In Fiola, Marco André, ed. Traduction, éthique et société [Translation, ethics and society]. Special issue of Traduction Terminologie Rédaction (TTR) 17 (2): 131–141. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in Special issue
Publication language
French
Abstract
This article compares three translations of the Skidegate Haida version of the adventures of the raven, the trickster of many of North America's North-Western First Nations, with a translation of the Northern Tuchoni version of the same myth. The Haida tale was translated by three non-aboriginal academics with the help of native Haida interpreters, whose translation the academics modified before publishing them. The analysis of the translations of the Haida version shows little difference between the three target texts and a common westernising tendency. A Northern Tuchoni elder's translation of the same myth, however, remains faithful to aboriginal traditions.
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