Translation and cultural representation : Russia today and Al Jazeera English coverage of Egypt and Syria
This thesis examines communicative and processual meaning-making from linguistic and translation perspectives, whereas the latter is approached as a form of intercultural mediation. It explores the role of translation in disseminating guided, or sanctioned interpretations, in the host language by capturing interpretations meant to reinforce or subdue narratives circulating on public levels through resituating the translated events in different contexts. Re-contextualisation, as the study explores, plays a role in reopening texts for interpretations when viewed in light of importing different aspects previously underrepresented from the source language. These aspects result in adopting, rejecting or reinforcing its meanings by the socio-cultural system of the target language. To do so, the study explores how communication unfolds, meaning reshaped and transformed during media mediation and translation. The flow of media messages and how they interrelate are investigated in light of linguistic and translation perspectives. The research questions circulate how do messages impact other messages and how did they alter narratives dynamics through repositioning participants and identifying them in relation to each
Aldreabi, Haitham
Translation and cultural representation : Russia today and Al Jazeera English coverage of Egypt and Syria. This thesis examines communicative and processual meaning-making from linguistic and translation perspectives, whereas the latter is approached as a form of intercultural mediation. It explores the role of translation in disseminating guided, or sanctioned interpretations, in the host language by capturing interpretations meant to reinforce or subdue narratives circulating on public levels through resituating the translated events in different contexts. Re-contextualisation, as the study explores, plays a role in reopening texts for interpretations when viewed in light of importing different aspects previously underrepresented from the source language. These aspects result in adopting, rejecting or reinforcing its meanings by the socio-cultural system of the target language. To do so, the study explores how communication unfolds, meaning reshaped and transformed during media mediation and translation. The flow of media messages and how they interrelate are investigated in light of linguistic and translation perspectives. The research questions circulate how do messages impact other messages and how did they alter narratives dynamics through repositioning participants and identifying them in relation to each
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