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Understanding, Interpretation and Engagement in Translation of Political Discourse
Understanding, Interpretation and Engagement in Translation of Political Discourse

Author(s): Fatima Zohra Chouarfia
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: interpretation; translation strategies; decision-making; ideology; engagement

Summary/Abstract: Building meaning implies the existence, or maybe the creation, in some cases, of a given context. Hence, context is a key element in the comprehension process. Translation as a linguistic act, based upon making ambiguous foreign language texts legible in one’s mother tongue or vice versa, relies primarily on interpretation. In fact, one’s understanding of a text depends on one’s understanding of its content as well as its context in the first place. Nevertheless, such a statement raises many questions whose answers are no Gospel truth. As a matter of fact, interpretation in the translation of political speeches is a case in point; it determines strategies to be adopted and positions to be taken as well.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 01 (20)
  • Page Range: 71-82
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English