Formação do tradutor e interprete de libras na área da literatura surda

Abstract

Translation of Libras and Portuguese Language (TILSP) courses are recent in the academic area, and their implementation in the institutions changed the profile of these new professionals, which resulted in many discussions about the formation of these translators in many ways. One of them is the Deaf Literature area, which has been explored recently, by authors in the area. Therefore, the research proposed to investigate the Sign Language translators and interpreters formation in the Bachelor Degree in Translation and Interpretation of Libras / Portuguese courses and Letters Libras/ Bachelor courses in the federal universities, regarding the contact of these future professionals with the area of Deaf Literature, taking as an instrument interviews with university teachers who works in those institutions that offer the course. The objective was to analyze, in a qualitative way, data that would allow us to understand how the Deaf Literature subject has been studying by future translators and interpreters’ students, as well as to identify the lacks of the area, thus proposing a discussion about the formation process of these professionals. For discussion and analysis, we base our research on authors that developed their researches in this area, such as Belém (2010), Martins and Nascimento (2015), among others. We hope that this study could contribute with reflections on the formative process of future translators and interpreters, regarding the sphere of Deaf Literature.