Multilingualism as a Mirror of Strangeness in the Translation of Contemporary Literary Texts

This paper focuses on the issue of multilingualism in contemporary literary texts, which contain examples code-switching or words and expressions different languages, contribute to placing emphasis foreignness strangeness characters narrators stories. study stems from edition a compilation short narrative dramatic texts translated into Spanish by authors who build up stories position in-betweenness, rejection, displacement. In this context, presence languages contributes revealing multilingual multicultural reality that provides background for They are all concerned about manifesting their vital experiences (un)belonging certain labelled culture identifiable group, often diasporic point view. Some real translation processes will be provided show strategies employed preserve an effect readers, reveal feelings (un)belonging, manifest variety identities, make explicit culturally marked terms. Translation is then approached perspectives cosmopolitism, diversity, postcolonial studies, rely as signal diversified identity.