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Peeter Torop, a researcher of translation studies at Tartu, Estônia, describes 5 kinds of translation: textual (classic), metatextual (result and also process of translation), intertextual (between two texts), intratextual (in the same text) and extratextual (with outside elements of the text). He says the purpose enables all translation to be total. Source text as priority can emphaticize macrostyle, precision (word by word), theme or description; target text as priority can choose author’s microstyle, literality of the text, expression imagined or total liberty (adaptation). I analyze Harry Kaufmann’s translation of Dom Casmurro to German, and the strategy chosen by him. Two categories can be found: macroestilistic dominant analytic recodification (the main point is the macrostyle of the source text) and the expressive dominant synthetic transposition (looks the expression the text caused upon the reader of the source text). I also analyze the translatability of the culture, according to Torop: language, time, space, work, text and sociopolitical manipulation. In conclusion the translator keeped the main characteristics of the work regarding to time, space and cultural references. However, he changed some parts with some explanations for better readability, causing a soft, but visible manipulation of the target text.||Peeter Torop, estudioso da tradutologia em Tartu, Estônia, afirma haver 5 tipos de tradução: textual (clássica), metatextual (resultado e processo da tradução), intertextual (entre dois textos), intratextual (no mesmo texto) e extratextual (elementos externos ao texto). Classificou as traduções em oito categorias, alegando que toda tradução pode ser total, dentro de seus propósitos. Priorizando o original, pode-se enfatizar o macroestilo do texto, a precisão (palavra por palavra), o tema ou a descrição (conteúdo); priorizando a tradução, pode-se enfatizar o microestilo do autor, a literalidade do texto, a expressão imaginada no original ou a liberdade (adaptação). Ancorado nisso, abordo a tradução de Dom Casmurro para o alemão por Harry Kaufmann, identificando a estratégia selecionada. Duas delas são detectadas: a recodificação analítica dominante macroestilística (predomina o macroestilo do texto original); e a transposição sintética dominante expressiva (mesma expressão causada no leitor do original). Analiso ainda a traduzibilidade da cultura, segundo Torop: língua, tempo, espaço, obra, texto e manipulação sociopolítica. Conclui-se que o tradutor procurou manter as características principais da obra referente ao tempo, espaço e marcas culturais, porém interveio em diversos pontos do texto, deixando-o mais fluido e explicativo, produzindo uma manipulação sociopolítica perceptível ao longo do texto.ABSTRACTPeeter Torop, a researcher of translation studies at Tartu, Estônia, describes 5 kinds of translation: textual (classic), metatextual (result and also process of translation), intertextual (between two texts), intratextual (in the same text) and extratextual (with outside elements of the text). He says the purpose enables all translation to be total. Source text as priority can emphaticize macrostyle, precision (word by word), theme or description; target text as priority can choose author’s microstyle, literality of the text, expression imagined or total liberty (adaptation). I analyze Harry Kaufmann’s translation of Dom Casmurro to German, and the strategy chosen by him. Two categories can be found: macroestilistic dominant analytic recodification (the main point is the macrostyle of the source text) and the expressive dominant synthetic transposition (looks the expression the text caused upon the reader of the source text). I also analyze the translatability of the culture, according to Torop: language, time, space, work, text and sociopolitical manipulation. In conclusion the translator keeped the main characteristics of the work regarding to time, space and cultural references. However, he changed some parts with some explanations for better readability, causing a soft, but visible manipulation of the target text.Keywords: Peeter Torop; Total translation; Dom Casmurro; Cultural translatability
