Translation aspects in literacy, and their rhythmic resonances

ABSTRACT This paper presents reflections on the interface between Translation Studies and New Literacy Studies through the lens of an applied proposal. The main objective resides in the discussion of the concept of rhythm and its pertinence to New Literacy Studies. I use the concepts of rhythm and scripture proper to Literary Studies as basis to enrich some questions of Applied Linguistics in order to envisage procedural aspects inherent in the transition between different modalities of language. I argue that academic writing disciplines should, also, take into consideration the practice of writing according to other discourse genres, including literary genre, in order to make students understand critically the necessary transitions/translations in each case.