Ideology in the Translation of Political Speeches during the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Critical Discourse Analysis
Ideology plays a central role in people’s lives and thus in shaping politicians’ decisions and translators’ choices. This role becomes clearer and more active in the context of the Middle East political domain, due to the constant ideological conflict in the region. This paper aims to analyse the tr...
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2020-09-01
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| description | Ideology plays a central role in people’s lives and thus in shaping politicians’ decisions and translators’ choices. This role becomes clearer and more active in the context of the Middle East political domain, due to the constant ideological conflict in the region. This paper aims to analyse the translations of political speeches delivered by the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders during two Arab-Israeli conflicts: Lebanon War 2006 and Gaza War 2008/9. These translations often took the form of news reports that included translated excerpts from the speeches. The study suggests that there was a degree of distortion in the translation and editing processes by key English-speaking media outlets. Certain ideological strategies and devices were used by news outlets to manipulate the translation of the messages embedded in the speeches. The study investigates the role of the translator as well as the patron in deciding the outcome of the translation process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09dc3b9eb17f47fca716da8e62b26f3c2022-12-21T19:55:41ZengDepartment of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of AlbertaTranscUlturAl1920-03232020-09-0112210.21992/tc29460Ideology in the Translation of Political Speeches during the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Critical Discourse AnalysisHusam Haj Omar0PhD Candidate of Translation Studies University of LeedsIdeology plays a central role in people’s lives and thus in shaping politicians’ decisions and translators’ choices. This role becomes clearer and more active in the context of the Middle East political domain, due to the constant ideological conflict in the region. This paper aims to analyse the translations of political speeches delivered by the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders during two Arab-Israeli conflicts: Lebanon War 2006 and Gaza War 2008/9. These translations often took the form of news reports that included translated excerpts from the speeches. The study suggests that there was a degree of distortion in the translation and editing processes by key English-speaking media outlets. Certain ideological strategies and devices were used by news outlets to manipulate the translation of the messages embedded in the speeches. The study investigates the role of the translator as well as the patron in deciding the outcome of the translation process.https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/tc/index.php/TC/article/view/29460 |
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| title | Ideology in the Translation of Political Speeches during the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Critical Discourse Analysis |
| title_full | Ideology in the Translation of Political Speeches during the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Critical Discourse Analysis |
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| title_short | Ideology in the Translation of Political Speeches during the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A Critical Discourse Analysis |
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