Translation among the languages os Spain: Present

The Basque speaker is afrraid of the southern wind. Lots of terminologies, syntaxis, locutions, and literary models which we have tried to imitate (badly) have come from the south. Now that Basque has become somewhat institutionalized, the southern wind is hlowing a gale: there is an urgent need to translate for the media, the administration. Translations are done in a rush, hadly, expressions and cliches are copied when everybody knows that the Spanish of the media is ipitiful.

Literature has hecome pedagogical—the criticism here is made by the teachers—and hence we have come to planning of translation for the needs of the school. In these recent years, with data in hand, we can say that literary creation has diminished in proportion to re-editing and translation. One reason for this may be the growth of editorials in recent years which for the want of something use translators as cheap labour. Iittle hy little, the big Spanish Editorials are also making their way into our market, which means that they make money at our expense and fulfil a political and colonizing function.

Children's literature seems to be only thing that is interest from Catalan, Spanish and Galician authors, although soon, it seems we will have the chance to read the heste Galician authors translated into Basque. The Association of Basque Writres is tryin its hest to make closer contact with other Associations—and thanks to this our texts will be read in other languages. This Association published, not long ago, an Anthology of Contemporary hasque Narrative where the authors translated their own work. And those translators have taught us quite a lesson, showing clearlu how they, the authors, improved their texts, lengthened them... almost showing a lack of self-confidence when faced with an "important" language...

The Translators Association itself has quite a joh to carry out, defending the rights of those translators and interpreters who are scattered about all over the place, and opbliging institutions and editorials to ellahorate a plan for literary translation.