Tradução de libras para português de textos acadêmicos: considerações sobre a prática

This article presents the findings of a study in translating academic articles written in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras - Língua Brasileira de Sinais) to written Portuguese. Furthermore, this work has a cut from a PhD thesis translation (work in progress) made in Libras and video recorded, by a deaf academic from Santa Catarina Federal University (UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina). The present considerations follow Nord (1991) intratextual and extratextual factors, proposed as textual analysis aspects to translation. This research pursuit the advance of deliberation about practices performed by translators of sign language in Brazil, most important, about the practice of text translations involving sign language to Portuguese. Although still lacking of research and records, this activity is being done by professional in Higher Education Institutions.