Translation Historiography in Iran: Case of Ruznameh-ye Vaqaye’e Etefaqiyeh

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Volume 57, Issue 3, November 2024, Pages 86-118   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/lts.2024.90030.1298

Author

Kaveh Bolouri^*

Assistant Professor of Translation Studies, Khatam University (English Language Department) , Tehran, Iran

Abstract

By Employing Hermans’ (2022) approach to translation historiography and drawing on Baker’s (2006) narrative theory along with the notion of framing through selective appropriation, the present study focuses on the first forty-one issues of Ruznameh-ye Vaqaye’e Etefaqiyeh to investigate the role of translation in challenging the discourse of royal despotism and crystallizing the discourse of progress as a result in Iran under Qajar Dynasty. To do so, first the translated section in the newspaper was analyzed to see what texts had been selected for translation. The data was then organized around some themes to see how the selected news had (re)narrated the royal despotism discourse. The results showed that the greatest number of news items had concentrated on political/intellectual developments in Europe which clearly undermined the discourse in question.

Keywords

Historiography; Narrative; Framing; Selective Appropriation; Renarration

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