TRANSLATING KUIR MAGAZINE
TKUIR is published by Outburst Americas as part of the project Translating Kuir, supported by the Digital Collaboration Fund - British Council. TKuir Magazine Text: Liliana Viola Cover image: Transälien Back cover image: Ali Prando Translations: Stephanie Reist, Mariana Costa, Lucas Sampaio Costa Souza and Natalia Mallo Visual Identity TKuir: Leandro Ibarra Graphic design: Bia Lombardi - Marca Viva TKuir Team: Natalia Mallo / Risco: Co-producer, Editorial Coordinator, Executive Producer Ruth McCarthy / Outburst: Co-producer Lisa Kerner / FAQ: Co-producer Violeta Uman / FAQ: Co-producer Adylem de Agosto:Production Assistant, Communication Coordinator Provocateurs: Vir Cano, Maoíliosia Scott, Fran Cus, Ali Prando, Raphael Khouri, Marlene Wayar, Transälien, Dominic Montague, Lolo y Lauti Artkitektes: Ronaldo Serruya y Analia Couceyro Accessibility Consultant: Quiplash
TKUIR is published by Outburst Americas as part of the project Translating Kuir, supported by the Digital Collaboration Fund - British Council.
TKuir Magazine
Text: Liliana Viola
Cover image: Transälien
Back cover image: Ali Prando
Translations: Stephanie Reist, Mariana Costa, Lucas Sampaio Costa Souza and Natalia Mallo Visual Identity TKuir: Leandro Ibarra
Graphic design: Bia Lombardi - Marca Viva
TKuir Team:
Natalia Mallo / Risco: Co-producer, Editorial Coordinator, Executive Producer Ruth McCarthy / Outburst: Co-producer
Lisa Kerner / FAQ: Co-producer
Violeta Uman / FAQ: Co-producer
Adylem de Agosto:Production Assistant, Communication Coordinator
Provocateurs: Vir Cano, Maoíliosia Scott, Fran Cus, Ali Prando, Raphael Khouri, Marlene Wayar, Transälien, Dominic Montague, Lolo y Lauti
Artkitektes: Ronaldo Serruya y Analia Couceyro
Accessibility Consultant: Quiplash
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Fran Cus
translation would be, beyond the physical condition….” (Fran Cus)
Another substantial obstacle: distance. Is it possible to translate a text from ancient Greek
when the whole world based on that language has vanished? The distance between bodies, the
distance between territories and, definitively, the distance that constitutes hostility are realities
that highlight the problems implied by the act of translation. Even, and much more so, when
the intent is translating yourself.
The panoramic view
Basic manuals on translation underscore the necessity of having a wide view capable of going
beyond direct “word to word” translation and also capable of going above and beyond the fear
of making a mistake: “to translate a text it’s not enough to know the words; it’s necessary,
moreover, to know the issues that they are related to. It’s necessary then to know the language
and the culture, in other words, the life, the civilization, the ethnography of the people who
use that form of expression.” And in turn: “we should expect a genuine transformation of the
original from the translator, just as we demand artistic expression from the author and, at the
same time, a legitimate expression of reality. For this reason, the translator will have to look
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