A map of German-language literature translated in Brazil

Abstract

This paper presents the quantitative results of a bibliographical research on the translation of German language literature in Brazil from 1900 to 2020. After a brief contextualization of the translations from German in Brazil, the configuration of the project is described and the main results concerning several parameters are presented: temporal evolution, the translated objects (authors, works, epochs) and the agents of translation (translators and publishers). At the end, an outline for further research on the material and ways to improve the data is presented.

Keywords
literary translation; German-language literature; translation history