DE CÓMO «DOMESTICAR» UN DOCUMENTAL DE DIVULGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA EN EL PROCESO DE TRADUCCIÓN. ESTUDIO DE LA VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL DE L’ODYSSÉE DE L’ESPÈCE

Abstract

This article analyses the Spanish version of the French science popularization documentary L’odysèe de l’espèce (2003). The aim of this analysis is to prove that a  “domestication” process has taken place, following Venuti’s terminology (1995), in the translation process. In principle, this may seem a strange practice, given the nature of the text. Nevertheless, the history of audiovisual translation is full of little “manipulations” which, for different reasons, sometimes ideological, sometimes tech- nical, have been introduced in the translation of the text, as well as in the images to which the text acts as a complement. In this case, the reason seems to be to help the audience of the translated version to better recognize the referents, places or people which appear in the documentary.