The diffuse profile of Juan de Betanzos as a translator of indigenous languages

From an indigenous perspective, Juan de Betanzos is not a trustworthy translator since his versions always served Spanish interests. He diminished words' contents and semantic coverage and, consequently, the culture that generated them. Thus, he contributed to the construction of a colonial representation of indigenous people as defective, inefficient, inferior. His profile, presented in this article, coincides with that of a colonial agent.