[Linganth] translating "reported speech" into Spanish

[Lynnette Arnold]

Dear colleagues -

I am in the process of having my book translated into Spanish and we are
looking for advice on how to translate the term "reported speech".

I have been going back and forth with my fantastic team of translators (who
are part of a translation cooperative <https://polifona.com/> and whom I
highly recommend) about this.

They are suggesting "estilo indirecto", which I do not like because it is
contrasted with "estilo directo" (which involves direct quotation). I feel
we need an umbrella term that, like "reported speech" can be used
regardless of the grammatical form that the reporting takes. (In the
examples in my book, I have both more direct and more indirect forms of
quotation that I analyze under the term 'reported speech').

I'd appreciate any suggestions and especially any Spanish-language academic
work in our field that has a translation of this term.

Thanks in advance!

--

Lynnette Arnold (she/ella)

Associate Professor

Anthropology, UMass Amherst
https://lynnettearnold.net/

Co-Director, Demystifying Language Project
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