Chapter 4: Canadian into Catalan: The Translation of Anglo-Canadian Authors in Catalonia

s Singularity and Parallelisms with Quebec 87 Although it may seem disconcerting to begin this chapter about the translation of Anglo-Canadian writers into Catalan with a comparison of Quebec and Catalonia in a book which only deals with CanLit in English, we find that the parallelism is apt because of the minority language and distinct nation status of these two constituencies, and because Quebec and English Canada are coexistent national entities, just like Catalonia and Spain.The parallelism between Catalonia and Quebec has recently been strengthened with the recent upsurge of nationalism and the demand for a referendum to decide whether to become separate from the Spanish state.The story is not new, since as a "historical" autonomous community with a language of its own, Catalan, and a distinct history 88 and cultural tradition, often at odds with the Spanish ones, Catalonia presents some interesting parallelisms with Quebec, a province with its own language and cultural singularity, which sometimes are also in conflict with those of English Canada.Over the centuries, Catalan has acquired a strongly political added value, so much so that Catalan identity cannot be understood in isolation from commitment to the language.In fact, as regards language, parallelisms in the linguistic situations of Catalonia and Quebec cannot be overestimated.In Quebec, French has been the only official language since 1977.In spite of this, federal government interventions take place attending to the official status of both French and English in the Federation (Létourneau, 2002) Similarly, in Catalonia both Catalan and Spanish are official, even if only the first is 87 We wish to thank August Bové and Jacqueline Hurtley, Professors of Catalan Literature and English literature at the Universitat de Barcelona, for kindly revising this piece.88 In spite of the union of the Crowns of Aragon and Castille through the marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille in the 15th century, Catalonia remained a different political entity with its own institutions after 1714 (besides its own language) until the 18th century, when it was incorporated into the kingdom of Spain.Chapter 4

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