Title Information (lang="eng")
Title
The Role of Interpreters, or 'Linguas', in the Portuguese Empire during the 16th century
Title Information (lang="por")
Title
O Papel dos Intérpretes, ou 'Línguas', no Império Português durante o século XVI
Name: Personal
Name Part
Couto, Dejanirah
affiliation
École Pratique des Hautes Études
Role
Role Term: Text (marcrelator)
author
Type of Resource
text
Genre (aat)
articles
Origin Information
Date Issued
Winter 2003
Date Issued (keyDate="yes", encoding="w3cdtf")
2003-12
Language (usage="primary")
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
eng
Language
Language Term: Code (ISO639-2B)
por
Physical Description
Extent
10 p.
digitalOrigin
born digital
Abstract (lang="eng")
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."
Abstract (lang="por")
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.
Part
Part Detail: volume
Part Number
1
Part Caption
vol.
Part Detail: issue
Part Number
2
Part Caption
no.
Part Detail: article
Part Number
3
Part Caption
no.
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Imperialism
Geographic
Portugal
Temporal
16th century
Subject (LCSH)
Geographic
Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
Topic
Civilization
Topic
Portuguese influences
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Indian interpreters
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Translating and interpreting
Subject (LCSH)
Topic
Jews
Subject (Local)
Topic
Lingoas
Subject (Local)
Topic
Jurubaças
Related Item: Host
Title Information (lang="eng")
Title
e-Journal of Portuguese History
Part Number
vol. 1, no. 2
Identifier: DOI
10.26300/92z0-y559