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- This article analyses the different categories of interpreters (lingoas), the forms of their recruitment and the strategies of their use in the Portuguese Empire in Asia in the first half of the sixteenth century. The interpreters were as good as adventurers, convicts and natives, captives, renegades and converted slaves recruited during expeditions and military operations. Besides the social-economical status of these interpreters the article highlights the case of the territory of Macao where the necessity to answer to imperial bureaucracy determines the creation of a corps of interpreters (jurubaças) and perfectly organised family dynasties of "lingoas."
- Este artigo analisa as diferentes categorias de intérpretes (lingoas), as formas do seu recrutamento e as estratégias do seu uso no Império Português na Ásia na primeira metade do século XVI. Os intérpretes eram frequentemente aventureiros, condenados e nativos, cativos, renegados e escravos convertidos, recrutados durante expedições e operações militares. Além do status sócio-económico desses intérpretes, este artigo sublinha o caso do território de Macau, onde a necessidade de responder à burocracia imperial determina a criação de um grupo de intérpretes (jurubaças) e uma família dinástica de «lingoas» perfeitamente organizada.
Citation
Couto, Dejanirah,
"The Role of Interpreters, or 'Linguas', in the Portuguese Empire during the 16th century"
(2003).
e-Journal of Portuguese History.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://doi.org/10.26300/92z0-y559
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e-Journal of Portuguese History
...The e-Journal of Portuguese History (e-JPH) (ISSN: 1645-6432) is an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal with the objective of providing publication of work on historical subjects, especially those concerning themes and topics of Portuguese history analyzed in a comparative perspective. It …