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Literatura de Cordel: Literature on a String
Ilze Duarte writes about Literatura de Cordel, or Literature on a String, a traditional folk art typical of the northeast of Brazil.
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Ilze Duarte Literary Translator
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- Aug 8
- 3 min
August is Women In Translation Month
In the literary world, August is Women In Translation Month. To celebrate it, I offer my recommendations of works by Brazilian women in...
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ilzeduarte
- Jan 26
- 7 min
The Myth of the Short Sentence in English-Language Literary Fiction
As an English Language and Literature major at Universidade de São Paulo, I took courses in Portuguese- and English-language literature....
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ilzeduarte
- Jan 9
- 6 min
Translation Metaphors
Literary translators have often described their work and roles as professionals through metaphors. These are highly individualized...
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ilzeduarte
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
Brazilians reading works by Brazilian authors
In a previous post (11/04/22), I bemoaned the difficulties Brazilian authors experience in having their books published and promoted in...
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ilzeduarte
- Nov 26, 2022
- 4 min
Beware of False Friends between Portuguese and English
This is an updated version of my original post, in which I had used the term "false cognates." I had to reconsider my use of the term...
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ilzeduarte
- Nov 18, 2022
- 6 min
The poetry of Djavan's songs
One of the greatest poets in Brazilian music, Djavan Caetano Viana was born in 1949 in Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, in the...
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ilzeduarte
- Nov 11, 2022
- 5 min
Saudade and Untranslatability
I have met many Brazilians who claim with pride that the Portuguese word saudade doesn't exist in any other language. They imply saudade...
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ilzeduarte
- Nov 4, 2022
- 4 min
Why I translate literature from Portuguese to English only
I was born and raised in Brazil. My great-grandparents were Portuguese and Italian immigrants, and I grew up speaking Portuguese and...
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ilzeduarte
- Oct 28, 2022
- 4 min
Milton Nascimento's Beautiful Music
Milton Nascimento turned 80 years old this month! The wonderful musician with the velvety voice has been on a farewell tour. He was in...
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ilzeduarte
- Oct 21, 2022
- 7 min
What We Mean by a Faithful Translation
If you are a translator, you are probably familiar with the Italian play on words "traduttore/traditore," or translator/traitor. Clichés...
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ilzeduarte
- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
Works by Brazilian authors in recent and upcoming English translations
In the past few years, important works of Brazilian literature have appeared in English translation for the first time or in a new...
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ilzeduarte
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
An extraordinary Brazilian song writer: Chico Buarque
Yesterday we learned Annie Ernaux has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature. In the weeks leading up to the announcement, I was...
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ilzeduarte
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
More Giants of Brazilian Literature: Mário de Andrade and CecÃlia Meireles
In my previous post, I wrote about a few works by Brazilian writers I started reading in my youth. In this post I write about Mário de...
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ilzeduarte
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
Beginnings: An Education in Brazilian Literature
I went to public schools in São Paulo, Brazil from first grade to university. I didn't get a good education in science or history, but I...
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ilzeduarte
- Sep 17, 2022
- 3 min
My translator journey
I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil in a monolingual household. I fell in love with English sometime in middle school, where...
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ilzeduarte
- Sep 13, 2022
- 1 min
Welcome to Ilze's blog on all things translation
Well, maybe not all things translation. I am a Portuguese-to-English literary translator, and that is the type of translation I will be...
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