Traduzindo as metamorfoses de narradora-mãe-tradutora

Marcela Lanius e a "Máquina de Leite", de Szilvia Molnar

Abstract

The Nursery is a novel written in English by Szilvia Molnar and translated into Brazilian Portuguese by Marcela Lanius. The text, narrated in the first person by a nameless protagonist, is a careful writing project between the author and her translator character, the latter on the verge of becoming a mother through language. Marked by the often grotesque tone of the bodily metamorphosis of the postpartum period, the novel requires the translator to articulate herself and the target language in order to make the translation project resonate with the brutal and affective experiences of motherhood. In this interview, Marcela Lanius discusses her translation project, which sought to understand, translate, and recreate the strangeness of the source text.