RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hirsch, Galia YR 2020 T1 It’s all in the attitude: Parodies of Rachid Taha and Seu Jorge JF Translation and Interpreting Studies. The Journal of the American Translation and Interpreting Studies Association VO 15 IS 2 SP 223 OP 241 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.19004.hir PB John Benjamins SN 1932-2798, AB Abstract

Building on various theoretical approaches to translation (Hickey 1998; Bassnett 2001), this article demonstrates the intersection between translation and parody (Aoyama and Wakabayashi 1999) by comparing two musical texts: Rachid Taha’s “Douce France” and Seu Jorge’s Portuguese trans­lation of David Bowie’s “Life on Mars?”. According to Linda Hutcheon’s (1985) view of parody as a form of repetition maintaining a critical distance, both texts are parodic. Each parody presents a very different attitude, which influences their ethos. Rachid Taha’s cover involves irony, which often marks parody (Hutcheon 1985), and thus a negative ethos: criticizing his new country for grievances against immigrants. Seu Jorge, however, pays tribute to the Bowie song he translates. These observations illustrate the close relationship between parody and translation., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/tis.19004.hir