(Éditions québécoises de l'oeuvre, collection Vita Traductiva, 2013) Boyden, Michael
This article examines the connections between translation and authorship in Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer and its French self-translation, Lettres d’un cultivateur américain. Drawing on Erving Goffman’s theory of footing, the article argues that the relation between original and self-translation can be understood as a form of limited liability partnership.