Translation and Diplomacy : The Role of Translators in International Relations
Ayad Mahmood Zouba'a
Ministry of Education, Kirkuk Education Directorate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/Lang.8.9.5
Keywords: diplomatic field, international relations, oblique translation, united nations
Abstract
This study sheds lights on the role of translators in international relations . It aims to study the translation strategies used in translating the diplomatic texts , to identify the difficulties faced by translators in translating the texts in the diplomatic field . It hypothesizes that the translators have a limit knowledge of such terms used in diplomatic context . In the present study , four samples contained diplomatic terms were taken and rendered by translators adopted Vinay and Darblent strategies (1995) of direct translation and oblique translation to know how the meaning is conveyed from the source text into the target text.
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