In an article which followed her translations into English of Memorias de Leticia Valle by Rosa Chacel and Delirio y destino by María Zambrano, Carol Maier establishes what for the author should be one of the fundamental maxims for translators (1996-209): '...it is not only in the text of a work but precisely in the notes, introductions, and afterwords meant to ensure a work's recovery that the most decided re-covering often occurs.' For Maier, literary translator, teacher and theoretician of translation, the translator's 'responsibility' is not limited to a mere (re)writing of the source text. Translators need to implicate themselves, abandon the pretence of objective distance and make plain their theoretical position and practical decisions regarding the text.