Rivista internazionale di tecnica della traduzione n.17 - 2015

This article deals with the first French translation of Quichotte in 1605. Published by Cesar Oudin in 1614, the text struggles to free itself from its source and in addition features numerous annotations in the margin. After reviewing Oudin’s work as a Hispanist, the article concentrates on the role and contents of these notes, demonstrating that they are not annotations in the usual sense because they do not necessarily clarify the text but reflect on the art of translation as such or refer to lexicography or Spanish culture. One might therefore conclude that this is more the work of a Hispanist lato sensu than that of a translator.