Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
reivindicaban la presencia del yo
English translation:
they championed the voice of the self
Added to glossary by
Annie Baldwin
Apr 19, 2016 15:42
8 yrs ago
Spanish term
Spain
poniendo lenguas en contacto
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, French to Spanish
reivindicaban la presencia del yo
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Education / Pedagogy
Me gustaría saber como traducir esta expresión al inglés. No tengo más contexto, es en referencia a las hermanas Brontë. "Reivindicaban la presencia del yo en la literatura del siglo XIX."
¿"Vindicate the presence of the self" quizá?
Gracias
Saludos
¿"Vindicate the presence of the self" quizá?
Gracias
Saludos
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May 11, 2016 08:42: Annie Baldwin Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Annie Baldwin
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, Portuguese to English
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they championed the voice of the self
This refers to the Bronte's (particularly Charlotte's) ground-breaking use of first person narrative -the self - to create identification with leading characters.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/how...
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/03/how...
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
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placed the individual ego at center stage
Or:
placed the individual ego front and center
placed the individual ego front and center
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philgoddard
: Or the self.
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"Self" would work also. Thank you, Phil.
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Marzia Nicole Bucca
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Grazie, Marzia.
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
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Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
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40
revived the (use of the) "I form"
The lyric is traditionally the form where the poet speaks with his own voice, where the most important person is the first, the I form.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a2Ko3zYHku0C&pg=PA1&lpg=...
The predominance of the 'I-form' in modern Japanese literature has to do paradoxically with the absence of the 'self' from Japanese experience;
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FaUfuW5tJ9oC&pg=PA60&lpg...
His prevailing idiomatic style of writing (using the I form)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NnT9rLlwJYQC&pg=PA188&lp...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a2Ko3zYHku0C&pg=PA1&lpg=...
The predominance of the 'I-form' in modern Japanese literature has to do paradoxically with the absence of the 'self' from Japanese experience;
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FaUfuW5tJ9oC&pg=PA60&lpg...
His prevailing idiomatic style of writing (using the I form)
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NnT9rLlwJYQC&pg=PA188&lp...
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Marcelo González
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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542
substantiated/reclaimed/reaffirmed the presence of the self
'The presence of the self' appears to fit just fine in this context.
Literary Criticism
"The Failure...in Samuel Beckett's Fiction"
'...substantiates the presence of the self'
https://books.google.com/books?id=VmQxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=P...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-04-19 20:58:24 GMT)
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Excuse me: the above-referenced title is, "The Aesthetics of Failure: Inexpressibility in Samuel Beckett’s Fiction"
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-04-19 21:06:47 GMT)
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Another option might be "reasserted..."
https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...
I hope this helps!
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Note added at 10 hrs (2016-04-20 02:15:27 GMT)
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To the extent there may be a significant difference between 'the voice of the self' and 'the presence of the self' in Literary Criticism (see the book review below), I'd say this (slightly more literal option) may be the safest rendering of 'la presencia del yo'.
Culler and Deconstruction
‘Skeptical of the possibility of mastering meaning within a comprehensive system or discipline,’ Culler writes, deconstruction ‘investigates what the most powerful and interesting texts have to tell us about signification and shows how they undo the logics of signification on which they rely’. Specifically, what these texts betray, under the scrutiny of the deconstructor, is the quixotic nature of trying to represent in language *** the ‘presence’ of the self *** and the world. Representation tries to pass itself off as a token of that presence, but the fact that we need a substitute only dramatises the inadequacy of the representation. The language we use to express ourselves and the world is finally what prevents our ever succeeding. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v03/n16/gerald-graff/culler-and-deconst...
Literary Criticism
"The Failure...in Samuel Beckett's Fiction"
'...substantiates the presence of the self'
https://books.google.com/books?id=VmQxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=P...
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-04-19 20:58:24 GMT)
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Excuse me: the above-referenced title is, "The Aesthetics of Failure: Inexpressibility in Samuel Beckett’s Fiction"
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Note added at 5 hrs (2016-04-19 21:06:47 GMT)
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Another option might be "reasserted..."
https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...
I hope this helps!
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Note added at 10 hrs (2016-04-20 02:15:27 GMT)
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To the extent there may be a significant difference between 'the voice of the self' and 'the presence of the self' in Literary Criticism (see the book review below), I'd say this (slightly more literal option) may be the safest rendering of 'la presencia del yo'.
Culler and Deconstruction
‘Skeptical of the possibility of mastering meaning within a comprehensive system or discipline,’ Culler writes, deconstruction ‘investigates what the most powerful and interesting texts have to tell us about signification and shows how they undo the logics of signification on which they rely’. Specifically, what these texts betray, under the scrutiny of the deconstructor, is the quixotic nature of trying to represent in language *** the ‘presence’ of the self *** and the world. Representation tries to pass itself off as a token of that presence, but the fact that we need a substitute only dramatises the inadequacy of the representation. The language we use to express ourselves and the world is finally what prevents our ever succeeding. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v03/n16/gerald-graff/culler-and-deconst...
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