Tradução comentada de uma produção acadêmica de autoria surda: o processo tradutório entre Libras, interlíngua e português acadêmico à luz do funcionalismo.

Abstract

This doctoral research aims at analyzing the translation process of an academic text produced by a deaf researcher using Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) and interlanguage into Portuguese. The analysis is based on a translation with commentary translation within the functionalist translation perspective. More specifically, the purpose is to contextualize and describe the process involved in translating the source texts into the academic variety of Portuguese, present extracts of translation with commentary, and identify and reflect the strategies employed considering the perspective of text analysis. Methodologically, this is a qualitative applied and case study of translation with commentary investigation as both practice and analytical method (Williams e Chesterman, 2002; Zavaglia, Renard e Janczur, 2015; Durão e Durão, 2017; Freitas, Torres e Costa, 2017; Albres, 2020; Nazário, 2025). Selected excerpts from the corpus were analyzed according to Nord's (2016) extratextual and intratextual factors observing production situations, target text function, and translation decisions implied. Results reveal that translation of academic productions of deaf students may constitute a complex process, involving bilingual and bicultural competence, evoking the interaction of different linguistic modalities and academic genre textual structuring. The analysis revealed linguistic structure reformulations, clarifications, and text discursive organization strategies related to the target text communicative function. Additionally, it demonstrates the processual and situational character of the translation course, as well as the recognition of interlanguage and Libras linguistic specificities in producing academic texts in Portuguese. Therefore, as this research expands the understanding about translating deaf academic production, it contributes to the area of Sign Language Translation and Interpretation Studies and towards criticism on translation and interpreting practices in this context.