Siti Hariti Sastriyani

Conference “Translation and Gender: a Gap Between Theory and Practice?

8-9 November 2011, Dipartimento di Linguistica, Facolta di Lettere e Filosofia, University of Calabria, Italia

Abstract

In Indonesia, there are many women translators who translate many literary works from France , for example (1) Madame Bovary written by Gustave Flaubert is translated by Winarsih Arifin and its entitled Nyonya Bovary, (2) La Dame aux Camelias written by Alexandre Dumas Fils is translated by Rika Iffati and its entitled Gadis Berbunga Kamelia, (3) Bonjour Tristesse written by François Sagan is translated by Ken Nadya is entitled Lara Kusapa, (4) Moderato Cantabile written by Marquerite Duras is translated by Apsanti Djokosujatno, (5)  La Peste written by Albert Camus is translated by N.H.Dini and its entitled Sampar. In the translated French literary works there are many gender and feminism issues. These feminist authors write about liberation of women because feminism is related to the ideals and awareness for improving women’s life. According to Simone de Beauvoir, women have to be liberated and have to be used efficiently (empowered). The ideal women are the women who work, can write, and can find their existence and this case shows that women are able to express their ideas through literary works. According to feminism, Simone de Beauvoir and Hèlene Cisoux said that women have to express their ideas through poems, novels, or short stories, and translation. Women will have a lot of esteem from society if they can write anything.

The aims of this paper are (1) describing the Indonesian women translators who translate the French literary works that contain gender and feminism issues, (2) describing the translated French literary works which contain gender and feminism issues, and (3) describing why the Indonesian women translators translate the gender and feminism issues. The method of this research is descriptive qualitative.

In the translated French literary works there are many gender and feminism issues and the feminist authors write about liberation of women because feminism is related to the ideals and awareness for improving women’s life. Women translators have to be liberated and empowered. The ideal women are the women who work, can write, and find their existence. This case shows that women are able to express their ideas through literary work. Women have to express their ideas through translation of literary work and for that matter women have a lot of esteem from society if they can write everything.

Key words: women, translators, feminist

Wening Udasmoro

Extrait

Les terminologies et les épistémologies françaises avaient un développement assez progressif dans des milieux universitaires en Indonésie. Depuis 1970, les étudiants et les professeurs dans de différentes disciplines, telles que la littérature,  la sociologie, l’anthropologie etc. parlent souvent des concepts introduits par des penseurs français. Ces domaines se développent rapidement depuis les années 70 en même temps avec le progrès des programmes universitaires indonésiens. Le structuralisme, le poststructuralisme et le postmodernisme sont étudiés et jusqu'à maintenant inspirent  le travail de recherches des étudiants. Les concepts de Foucault sur « le pouvoir et le savoir » et « le panopticone » ou ceux de Bourdieu sur « le habitus » et « le champs de force » ainsi que les terminologies de Baudrillard sur « la société de consumérisme » ou de Lyotard sur « la petite narration » deviennent des concepts utilisés dans des débat et des polémiques quand ils étudient la société, la littérature et d’autres phénomènes dans cet archipel. Ce papier a pour but d’explorer le développement et le dynamique de l’adoption de ces épistémologies surtout des concepts, dans les recherches universitaires.