Free indirect speech
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Iris
May 09, 2008, 12:24 AM
Can anybody tell me the Spanish word for free indirect speech? It's a way of narrating events used by modernists, in which the third person is used but the narrator effaces himself to allow a character to speak.
Thanks.:)
Rusty
May 09, 2008, 12:32 AM
Try 'estilo/discurso indirecto libre'.
This article switches the last two words. There are plenty of other sites that use it the way I did above.
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estilo_libre_indirecto
Iris
May 09, 2008, 01:09 AM
Thanks, Rusty. I see it's quite a literal translation.
Tomisimo
May 09, 2008, 11:07 AM
Yes, sometimes literal translations are the best ones. and sometimes my problem is I´m so conditioned against using a literal translation, that I see it as my last option. :eek:
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