ON THE RULES OF TRANSLATION IN THE 17TH CENTURY

JANSENIST HERITAGE TO TRANSLATE IT

Abstract

This article is a Translation Historiography research that aims to present historical notes on two translation rules written in the 17th century and some of their relationships. These are two texts produced by Jansenists at that time; Règles de la traduction françoise, from 1650, and Règles de la traduction ou moyens pour apprendre à traduire de latin en français tiré de quelques unes des meilleures traductions du temps, from 1660. The first, a list of eleven rules by Antoine Lemaistre , despite being published posthumously only in the 18th century, already circulated among scholars and translators of the Grand Siècle, mainly among the Jansenists of Port-Royal. The second, composed of nine rules, was elaborated and published by Gaspar de Tende. The first author was a translator from the monastery, the second was a lay scholar who was also a translator. When understanding the cultural context, in its secular and religious dimension, it is perceived that they are works with a regulatory content common to the period, but each one keeping its specificities. with regard to their differences, while Antoine Lemaistre's rules favor the form and style of the translated text, Gaspar de Tende's rules seem to focus on the relationship between the original text and the translated text.