EXIL ET DISCOURS SUR LA TRADUCTION

Abstract The Catéchisme préparatoire au baptême has been translated into various languages of Congo. These translations were made by Flemish Catholic missionaries in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Jules Garmyn translated the Catéchisme préparatoire au baptême in Tshiluba (1898); Camille Van Ronslé in Bobangi (1898), Kikongo (1900) and Lingala (1911); Jules Van Houtte in Lonkundu (1912). The missionaries were non-native translators. They translated into languages that were not their native languages, into languages they had learned according to their mission. Th...