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Language Interpreters in the New Settlements of Sierra Morena and Andalusia During the 18th Century

Authors

HAMER FLORES, ADOLFO

External publication

No

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Sendebar

Scope

Article

Nature

Científica

JCR Quartile

SJR Quartile

SJR Impact

0.154

Publication date

01/01/2021

ISI

000727843300003

Abstract

In the second half of the IP century, promoted by the Enlightened government of King Charles III of Spain, an experiment of agrarian colonization was launched in the south of the Iberian Peninsula employing families from Central Europe. Initially, the new settlers only spoke their mother tongues (German, French and Italian, mostly), so the figure of the language interpreter was essential to facilitate communication. However, this function, like those who performed it, has not been analyzed until now, indeed, this article explores the figure of the interpreter in these new settlements during their first years of their existence.

Keywords

German language; French language; interpreting; colonial period; 18th-century Spain

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