O sentido e o som: três teorias da tradução de poesia em diálogo

Abstract

This article presents and discusses different theories of poetry translation by the authors Henri Meschonnic, Haroldo de Campos and Paulo Henriques Britto. Though quite different from each other, all the authors seem to somehow respond to Susan Sontag’s famous 1964 essay, “Against Interpretation”. Our belief is that the “hands on” work involved in translating poetry leads to a special attention not only to the meaning of the poem, but to everything that concerns its materiality and form. In addition to explaining and giving examples of the works of these three theorists, we intend to show how the theory of poetry translation might be an interesting space of reflection not just for translators but also language and literary theorists in general. By bringing these theories together, we also intend to contribute to the delineation of theories of poetry translation within the larger field of Translation Studies.