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Vol. 16:2 (2018) ► pp.197–220

A taxonomy of manipulative operations in political discourse translation

A CDA approach

| Universiti Sains Malayisa |
| Universiti Sains Malayisa
| Universiti Sains Malayisa

Translation may not always be understood in the way the writer of the original text intended it to be. This is particularly true in political discourse translation in which the target text has to be re-contextualized and tailored to suit the ideologies, values and socio-political needs of the target community. In so doing, translators, more precisely trans-editors, consciously or unconsciously appeal to certain operations, thus manipulate the source text. Manipulation can be analyzed at a contextual and textual level. By adopting a micro perspective (textual) and inspired by critical discourse analysis, this study tends to propose a rather inclusive typology of such manipulative operations in Persian translation of English opinion articles. Four global manipulative strategies are identified that are linked to certain local techniques.

Keywords: manipulation strategies, manipulation techniques, news translation, Critical Discourse Analysis, ideology
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Political discourse translation
  • 3.Framework and method
    • 3.1Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)
    • 3.2Corpus
    • 3.3Iran’s media policies
  • 4.Results and discussion
    • Strategy 1.Blocking the undesired in TT
    • Strategy 2.Demoting undesired representations of ST in TT
    • Strategy 3.Promoting the desired representations in TT
    • Strategy 4.Preserving the desired representations in TT
  • 5.The typology and conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • English news opinion articles (source texts)
  • Persian news opinion articles (target texts)
Published online: 26 November 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/forum.17002.dag
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