%0 Journal Article %T Translating the sociopolitical realias of North Korea into Spanish: an intertextual approach %A Andrii Ryzhkov %A Nayelli L¨®pez Rocha %J - %D 2018 %X This article focuses on the translation from Korean into Spanish of the re- alias ¨C the vocabulary with zero equivalence in the target language ¨C of North Korea reflected in Baridegi, novel written by the South Korean author Hwang Sok-yong. According to some literary critics, the work aims at alerting South Korean and Western audiences about the reality of the North Koreans, hence it deserves a thorough translation. Realias serve as indicators that make rea- ders aware of the presence of broader and deeper context. The methodology of Critical Discourse Analysis (ACD) is used to develop the relationships bet- ween text and context. The concepts of intertextuality and interdiscursivity are used and the relationships with other texts are analyzed in order to attain the most adequate translation %U http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/map/article/view/5463