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Revista de Estudios Sociales
Print version ISSN 0123-885X
Abstract
TOCANCIPA-FALLA, Jairo. The Experience of Translating as Symbolic Appropriation and Ritual Practice among the Nasa (Colombia). rev.estud.soc. [online]. 2015, n.53, pp.164-173. ISSN 0123-885X. https://doi.org/10.7440/res53.2015.13.
In general terms, the idea of translating offers a conventional sense of bridging the linguistic gaps between different languages. However, the implications of undertaking such a task among ethnic groups are rarely examined, at least in a practical sense that transcends the plane of a mere understanding of the words. This thoughtful article seeks to document the experience of translating a book from English into Spanish (the latter being a generalized language amongst the Nasa people in southwestern Colombia) and its symbolic and ritual appropriation. The article argues that this type of experience shows a way of understanding and appropriating writing as a symbolic instance of power and transformation, and thus it contributes to transcending the conventional concept of translation and entering new intercultural domains.
Keywords : Translation; ritual practice; symbolic appropriation; nasa.