Apuntes sobre el léxico del poema VII de Catulo

Abstract

In Catullus’ VII carmen we can find an example of how it is necessary for a translator or literary critic to have a profound knowledge of an author’s context and culture. It is also possible to exemplify the implications that the use of a certain word or term can have in the sense of a text; considering that a single word can contain in itself the author’s intention. Therefore, in order to comprehend that sense, the translator or critic must elaborate a detailed investigation of the context in which the literary work was written and of the mentality of the author to be studied or translated.