Translation as Argument: The Nontranslation of Loob in Ileto’s Pasyon and Revolution

This article discusses Ileto's nontranslation of the Tagalog concept of loob as integral to the argument and rhetorical persuasiveness of his seminal work, 'Pasyon and Revolution' (1979). The meaning of loob that readers gather is a deeply religious and mystical one. However, the idio...

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Published in:Philippine studies 2014, Vol.62 (1), p.3-28
Main Author: Guillermo, Ramon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bonifacio, Andres, 1863-1897
Conceptualization
Corpora (Linguistics)
Idioms
Ileto, Reynaldo (academic)
Linguistics
Mysticism
Persuasion
Religious beliefs
Revolutions
Tagalog language
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Summary:This article discusses Ileto's nontranslation of the Tagalog concept of loob as integral to the argument and rhetorical persuasiveness of his seminal work, 'Pasyon and Revolution' (1979). The meaning of loob that readers gather is a deeply religious and mystical one. However, the idiom of loob has multifarious and varied usages, and in the vast majority of cases loob is a prosaic term. Using some methods in the field of corpus linguistics, this article demonstrates that reambiguating Ileto's translations could lead to different interpretations.
ISSN:2244-1093
2244-1638
0031-7837
2244-1638
DOI:10.1353/phs.2014.0002