Abstract

GONZALEZ-MONTESINO, Rayco H.. An Approach to the Translation of Paremiological Units from Spanish into the Spanish Sign Language. Íkala [online]. 2022, vol.27, n.1, pp.31-48.  Epub Mar 09, 2022. ISSN 0123-3432.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.ikala.v27n1a02.

Paremia are part of the cultural heritage of each community and have their own idiomatic and figurative sense. This fact makes their translation a challenge, even if this takes place between related languages. When linguistic equivalence does not exist, paraphrasing is the translating technique most used. In this exploratory study, we take into consideration what would happen if the target language was Spanish Sign Language, a visual gestural language used by the Deaf community. Using a case study conducted with 26 students enrolled in the Spanish Sign Language Program and among the Deaf Community we were able to demonstrate that paraphrasing was indeed the most commonly used technique and, thus, a verbal procedure that is usually applied for translating paremiological units when there is a lack of linguistic correspondence, regardless of the linguistic modality of the languages involved. Thus, a new line of research arises, raising new questions and bringing new perspectives to phraseology and translation studies.

Keywords : Deaf community; Spanish sign language; paremia; translation; paremiological units.

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