Those We Lost in the Sand: An Original English Translation of Julia Wong Kcomt’s Aquello que perdimos en la arena with Critical Introduction Público

Abstract

Although Peru has one of the largest Chinese populations in Latin America, there is little self-representation of Chinese Peruvians in literature and the few existing works are not considered part of Peru’s literary canon. Julia Wong Kcomt was one of Peru’s most prolific Tusán (Chinese Peruvian) authors, but she is little known outside of Peru, and only a handful of her poems have been translated into English. Her novel Aquello que perdimos en la arena features the themes of identity, self-discovery, and displacement, all framed within a travel narrative. This thesis aims to highlight multilingual and multicultural narratives in translation. While Chinese culture is a minority culture in Peru, both Chinese and Peruvian cultures are considered minority cultures to an Anglophone audience. Thus, the translator must carefully decide which elements of the text to foreignize and which to domesticate in order to emphasize the difference between the source culture(s) of the original text and the culture of the intended audience. In addition, this thesis hopes to highlight alternative Asian diaspora narratives and to encourage people to think about how they engage with translated works, as well as the process of the translation itself.

Table of Contents

Historical and Literary Context…………………………………………………………….. 1

Translation Theory & Translation in Context…………………………………………... 10

Translation………………………………………………………………………………..…….. 24

An Excerpt of Chapter One: Pan-American Velvet…………………………...………... 24

Chapter Three: The Buddha of Tijuana……………………………………………..…..... 47

Bibliography……………………………………………………….…………..……………...... 79

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School	Emory College
Department	Linguistics
Degree	B.A.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Literature, Modern Language, Linguistics Literature, Latin American
Palavra-chave	Asian Latin American Literature Asian Latin American Spanish to English Translation Chinese Peruvian Literature Chinese Peruvian Tusán Translation
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Professor Lisa Dillman, Emory University
Committee Members	Dr. Erica Kanesaka, Emory University Dr. Marjorie Pak, Emory University

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