Taking as a starting point the issue that Brazilian literature translated into French nonetheless remains minor literature, the author examines in this paper the status of the translated text. His search is for indicators/evidence of translated text in the content of the text and metatext as well as the paratext. The author first tackles the concepts of Brazilian literature and the deterritorialization of translated text, and then the paratext through an investigation of Machado de Assis' novel Quincas Barba.