Too invisible to be invisible?
Despite recent efforts to implement the concepts of domestication and foreignization into the study of comic book translations (Borodo 2018; Van de Wiele and Pintor Iranzo 2023), the broader notion of visibility has yet to be explored within this area of research. This is surprising given both the c...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:comicalites_10967 https://doi.org/10.4000/155vg urn:doi:10.4000/155vg en https://journals.openedition.org/comicalites/10967 2025-11-18T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/155vg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Too invisible to be invisible? Comicalités Presses universitaires de Liège (PULg) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2117-4911 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/comicalites Sirjacobs, Timothy paratexte visibilités traducteur·rice Casterman Dargaud magazines rapports de force littéraires transnationaux paratext periodicals visibilities translator Casterman Dargaud transnational literary power relations Despite recent efforts to implement the concepts of domestication and foreignization into the study of comic book translations (Borodo 2018; Van de Wiele and Pintor Iranzo 2023), the broader notion of visibility has yet to be explored within this area of research. This is surprising given both the centrality of this concept within translation studies (Freeth 2024, 7), and the position of comic book translators into Dutch, the latter having been described as “perhaps the most invisible of all book translators” (Coumans 2008, 11, my translation).To apply the notion of invisibility coined and developed by Lawrence Venuti (1986; 1998; 2008; 2018) to a medium in which the textual and the visual are in constant interaction (Groensteen 2014, 15), the concept is broadened to include both paratextual (Freeth 2022; 2024) and textual (Ramière 2019) translator visibilities. This contribution does so by considering the (para)textual translator visibilities of René van de Weijer, the first systematically mentioned Dutch translator of Francophone Belgian comics according to the BELTRANS corpus. This paper will look at the interplay between multiple, sometimes diverging translator visibilities within often unequal transnational processes of comic book translation, and how these visibilities simultaneously redefine these works and their targeted readerships. Malgré de récents efforts pour intégrer les concepts de domestication et de foreignization dans l’étude des bandes dessinées traduites (Borodo 2018 ; Van de Wiele et Pintor Iranzo 2023), l’approche plus vaste de la visibilité des traducteur·rices n’a pas encore été explorée dans ce domaine de recherche. Chose étonnante, vu la centralité du concept en traductologie (Freeth 2024, 7) et la position des traducteur.rices de bandes dessinées vers le néerlandais, décrit.es comme « peut-être les plus invisibles de tous les traducteurs de livres » (Coumans 2008, 11, ma traduction).Afin d’appliquer la notion d’invisibilité développée par Venuti (1986; 1998; 2008; 2018) à un médium dans lequel les dimensions textuelles et graphiques sont en interaction constante (Groensteen 2014, 15), le concept est élargi pour y inclure à la fois les visibilités paratextuelles (Freeth 2022; 2024) et textuelles (Ramière 2019) des traducteur·ices. Cette contribution examine en particulier les visibilités (para)textuelles de René van de Weijer, le premier traducteur de bandes dessinées francophones de Belgique vers le néerlandais à être systématiquement mentionné dans ses publications selon le corpus BELTRANS. Cet article portera finalement sur l’interaction entre les multiples et différentes formes de visibilité des traducteur·rices, au sein de processus transnationaux souvent inégaux de traduction de bandes dessinées, et les manières dont ces visibilités redéfinissent simultanément ces œuvres et leurs lecteurs cibles. |
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Despite recent efforts to implement the concepts of domestication and foreignization into the study of comic book translations (Borodo 2018; Van de Wiele and Pintor Iranzo 2023), the broader notion of visibility has yet to be explored within this area of research. This is surprising given both the centrality of this concept within translation studies (Freeth 2024, 7), and the position of comic book translators into Dutch, the latter having been described as “perhaps the most invisible of all book translators” (Coumans 2008, 11, my translation).To apply the notion of invisibility coined and developed by Lawrence Venuti (1986; 1998; 2008; 2018) to a medium in which the textual and the visual are in constant interaction (Groensteen 2014, 15), the concept is broadened to include both paratextual (Freeth 2022; 2024) and textual (Ramière 2019) translator visibilities. This contribution does so by considering the (para)textual translator visibilities of René van de Weijer, the first systematically mentioned Dutch translator of Francophone Belgian comics according to the BELTRANS corpus. This paper will look at the interplay between multiple, sometimes diverging translator visibilities within often unequal transnational processes of comic book translation, and how these visibilities simultaneously redefine these works and their targeted readerships. |
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