Translation History and Revising History
What may translation history contribute to history? We will try to answer this question by examining two examples from translation history in Mexico and Chile. The transmission of the foundation myths in Mexico, from the first alphabetical transcriptions into Nahuatl, as well as the translation activity promoted by Chile’s first Republican governments, reveal that the history of translation, with its methods and perspectives, can introduce interrogations in historiography, and that it can and must also establish a dialogue with general history and its subdisciplines, such as intellectual history and the history of the book and reading.