Machine Translation and Translation Machines in Roberto Arlt’s Los siete locos (1929) and Los lanzallamas (1931)

Authors

  • Claire Solomon Oberlin College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.mut.335183

Keywords:

machine translation, Roberto Arlt, comparative literature, translation theory, Google

Abstract

Literary translation theory reclaims “untranslatables” (Apter, 2013, Lezra, 2017) as Google promises to bridge the gap between human and machine (Wu et al, 2016). Surveying recent developments in translation theory and machine translation, I reread Roberto Arlt’s Los siete locos (1929) and Los lanzallamas (1931) through the prism of translation, focusing on how translation machines and machine translation operate within the novel to offer a different interpretation of its ending.

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Author Biography

Claire Solomon, Oberlin College

Hispanic Studies Faculty Member

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Published

2018-09-10

How to Cite

Solomon, C. (2018). Machine Translation and Translation Machines in Roberto Arlt’s Los siete locos (1929) and Los lanzallamas (1931). Mutatis Mutandis. Revista Latinoamericana De Traducción, 11(2), 438–457. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.mut.335183