An approach to the reception of pharmaceutical terminology in the 19th century: the translation of Alphonse Chevallier and Pierre Idt’s Manuel du pharmacien ou précis élémentaire de pharmacie.

A propósito de la traducción del "Manuel du pharmacien ou précis élémentaire de pharmacie" de Alphonse Chevallier y Pierre Idt

Abstract

The history of translation is one of the least studied areas since Translatology. In this paper, the translation and reception in Spain of Alphonse Chevallier and Pierre Idt’s Manuel du pharmacien ou précis élémentaire de pharmacie will be addressed. It is a work of pharmaceutical scope, which enjoyed great prestige in Spain and was published at a time of debate and adaptation of the chemical and pharmaceutical nomenclature. Therefore, it is proposed a translatological analysis that addresses the main translation problems that Manuel Jiménez Murillo had to face. The different techniques used for the interlinguistic transfer will also be considered. All this will be preceded by a biographical study of the authors and the translator based on the documentation of the time and by a series of considerations regarding the role of the nineteenth-century translator and the reform of the chemical nomenclature undertaken in the eighteenth century.