Estação Carandiru, de Dráuzio Varella, em inglês: análise sob a luz dos procedimentos técnicos da tradução

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the English translation of the book Estação Carandiru published by Drauzio Varella in 1999, focusing on how the Brazilian culture was rendered in Alison Entrekin’s translation, published in English-speaking countries in 2012 under the title Lockdown: inside Brazil’s most dangerous prison. The original work is deeply infused with cultural elements, such as slang, colloquial expressions and media references, all of which play a crucial role in the development of the story and in shaping the characters. A total of 25 excerpts containing cultural elements were selected for analysis. The Translation Procedures used in the selected passages were identified according to the definition proposed by Heloísa Gonçalves Barbosa (1990). The analysis revealed the predominant use of omission/explicitation, equivalence and transference, suggesting a balanced approach between maintaining Brazilian cultural elements, which are essential to the contextualization of the narrative, and ensuring readability for the English-speaking audience.