Abstract

Framed within a context of endogenous bilingualism, this paper examines the transfer of contemporary short story collections for adults originally published in Basque into Spanish. The study will permit us to consider centre-periphery and power dynamics between a minor literature and a hegemonic literature. As self-translation is a frequent phenomenon in this language pair, this study will offer us the opportunity to know to what extent self-translation is a common practice in the case of short stories, and whether it has characteristic features. The paper presents a quantitative perspective through the study of an ad hoc constructed catalogue, as well as a qualitative study, based on paratextual and macrostructural analyses. By addressing the translation of short story collections in a context of language contact, this paper will help identify the conventions when translating works of this specific literary genre as well as reflect on the forms adopted by self-translation.