What's in a Kawesqar eik'óse (story)? Lost in translation

Authors

  • Óscar Aguilera Fundación para el Desarrollo de la Duodécima Región (FIDE XII) (Chile)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.27.12

Keywords:

Kawesqar language, oral literature, Kawesqar oral literature, Kawesqar stories, translation, translation of indigenous oral literature, indigenous languages of Chile, Fueguian languages

Abstract

This article examines some features of Kawesqar stories, so far an unknown aspect of the oral literature of this ethnic group, one of the most ancient Fueguian peoples of Chile. Some issues in translating this type of oral literature is also examined from a general point of view and, in particular, issues found in the translation of Kawesqar texts.

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2013-06-30 — Updated on 2013-06-30

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Aguilera, Óscar . (2013). What’s in a Kawesqar eik’óse (story)? Lost in translation. Onomázein, (27), 171–192. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.27.12

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No. 27 (2013): Junio

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