TEXT DEFORMATION AND PARATEXTS IN THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HUASIPUNGO, BY JORGE ICAZA

This novel, whose first version was written in 1934, reflects the suffering of the indigenous huasipungueros before the mistreatment of the mestizos. Although Icaza uses several strategies to reflect the suffering of indigenous people and their way of life, the use of language is the most effective, because, through this, characterized by a marked influence of Andean Quichua, it seeks to give voice to those who do not.

This strategy presents a difficulty at the time of translating the novel into other languages. In this paper we will analyze the features that characterize Huasipungo's English translation (entitled The Villagers), by Bernard Dulsey and published in 1964. This translation is based on the second version of the novel, from 1953, as Icaza reviewed it and reformulated prose.