%0 Journal Article %T A tradu£¿£¿o como cria£¿£¿o %A Bezerra %A Paulo %J Estudos Avan£¿ados %D 2012 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0103-40142012000300007 %X the essay examines the relationship between translation and re-creation, focusing on the differences and similarities between primary creation, i.e., the construction of a work by its author, and translation as secondary creation, i.e., the new form taken on by the original in the target language, acquiring a new existence and gaining independence. it also analyzes the contribution of mikhail bakhtin's literary theory, as well as the contribution of other great masters, to an eventual theory of translation. %K translation %K re-creation %K literary theory %K mikhail bakhtin %K translation theory. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-40142012000300007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en