Anthropological Idiolects and Minoritizing Translation in G alician Ethnography

The challenge of translation has been an important area for discussion and debate in anthropology since the emergence of the centrality of fieldwork conducted in a myriad of languages. This article explores what I learned about writing and translation through the process of producing the 2008 G alician‐language book O rexurdimento dunha base rural no concello de Z as: O S antiaguiño de C arreira . I explore the significance of anthropological idiolects and argue that ethnographers writing in any language can benefit from explicitly employing techniques that parallel the translation theorist L awrence V enuti's idea of “minoritizing translation.”