GIBBERISH OR FLEMISH: TRANSLATING EYE DIALECT IN TINTIN

This article offers a multilingual comparative analysis of the lines in Arumbayan-a fictional language used by Hergé in the speech of pre- Colombian fictional characters in L Oreille Cassée (1937) and Les Picaros (1976). Departing from the French text, the article will compare a selection of lines and their English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German translations. The main objectives of this research are to explore the avenues taken to translate the artefacts above-mentioned and to understand Arumbayan as an eye dialect and the implications of textually othering a character.