Los nombres parlantes en las traducciones de Plauto al español: el caso de Persa

Abstract

As early as the fourth century, Donatus (ad Ter. Ad. v. 26.) refers to the relationship between proper names in comedy and features of characters. In the last century, many scholars have focused on analyzing such a relationship and the central role of speaking names in Plautine humor. 
In this regard, they constitute an extremely important element of the plays and therefore they are central to the translator’s work. However, this problem is often overlooked in translations to Spanish, since the names are not mostly translated, but they are adapted to a Spanish form of the Latin word.
This paper proposes to study how speaking names are rendered in different translations of Persa, the criteria adopted and its implications for translation as a product.