Fiction translation expectancy norms in Iran: a quantitative study of reception

Khoshsaligheh, Masood; Kafi, Mohammad; Ameri, Saeed

doi:10.26686/wgtn.12331508.v1

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“…This distinction has important implications not only for the feasibility of conducting translation research in each context, but also for society's perception of translators (Khoshsaligheh et al, 2018) and the translation profession (Kafi et al, 2018). In a recent article (Khoshsaligheh et al, 2020) is far less challenging. On the first day of our face-to-face data collection for the project mentioned above, people were so willing to participate in the study that we ran out of questionnaire copies.…”

Section: Translation Awareness and Its Implication For Researchmentioning

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“…Reception of a single translated title (e.g. Xu & Yu, 2019;Sun, 2021) 18 According to Khoshsaligheh, Kafi and Ameri (2020), Lafz Geraei is "a type of source-oriented translation approach which attempts to transfer the lexical, syntactical and stylistic features of the original writing to the target text". 19 In formulating the questions for the online survey and expert interviews, I consciously avoided asking simplified questions that are likely to result in straightforward data.…”

Section: Translation Studies In the Late Twentieth Century: The Rise ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is mainly because awareness of translation and translated literature in English-speaking countries is lower than in countries where translation is a more established practice among the reading public and stakeholders. For example, the study by Khoshsaligheh et al (2020) responds to massive demand for and discourse around translated books in Iran. Most participants in that study read more translated books than books written in Persian.…”

Section: Self-administered Online Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Initially, I planned to reuse some of the items of Khoshsaligheh, Kafi, and Ameri's (2020) fiction expectation questionnaire in my survey. However, preliminary talks with stakeholders in Wellington's book sector led me to take a step back and build the research questions around readers' perceptions of literature in translation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous work in Translation Studies (e.g. Campbell, 2015;Khoshsaligheh et al, 2020) has documented the value of survey data for revealing translation readers' preferences and attitudes.…”

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The Selection, Promotion, and Reception of Translated Fiction in Wellington

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<p>This is the first systematic study of the selection, promotion, and reception of translated fiction anywhere in New Zealand. The study has two phases. The first draws on the responses of 277 adult readers in Wellington to a questionnaire about their perceptions of translated fiction. The findings reveal that most Wellington readers say they enjoy reading books set in other cultures, but their actual reading is largely English-language oriented. While some respondents expressed a specific interest in reading translated fiction, most prioritised genre and content. Age and ethnicity correlate only weakly with perceptions of translated fiction, but knowledge of one or more second languages is a strong predictor of positive perceptions of translated fiction. The second phase of the study draws on seven semi-structured interviews with representatives from three major book-related entities in Wellington: New Zealand Festival’s Writers Week, Wellington City Libraries (WCL), and Unity Books. The interviews provided first-hand insights into each entity’s policies and practices for selecting and promoting translated fiction. Although its past and current coordinators speak highly of translated literature, Wellington’s Writers Week has seen a significant decline in the number of non-English-speaking writers in the last two decades. Similarly, Unity Books claims to treat all categories of books, including translated fiction, equally, but its commercial practice in fact prioritises certain other categories. Wellington City Libraries, on the other hand, has taken a proactive approach to the promotion of translated fiction, for example through blogs and physical displays. Combined with the survey data, the interview findings demonstrate both the complex nature of reading choices and the challenges of advocating for the enhanced visibility of translated fiction in a largely monolingual context. However, many signs also point to a growing recognition of translated fiction as an important element of eclectic reading. This recognition can lead to positive changes in the future.</p>

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Section: Translation Awareness and Its Implication For Researchmentioning

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Section: Translation Studies In the Late Twentieth Century: The Rise ...mentioning

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Section: Self-administered Online Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Self-administered Online Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Previous work in Translation Studies (e.g. Campbell, 2015;Khoshsaligheh et al, 2020) has documented the value of survey data for revealing translation readers' preferences and attitudes.…”

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The Selection, Promotion, and Reception of Translated Fiction in Wellington

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A Comparative Study on the Components of the Revised M.A. English Translation Curriculum in Asian Universities

Samir

Motallebzadeh

2023

Sage Open

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The current master’s curriculum in English Translation major in Iranian universities has not satisfied the demands of the society in which it was developed. Translation students have complained that some essential skills are not considered in the curriculum. Therefore, this study is aimed at proposing some guidelines for curriculum reformers in Iran to update the curriculum. To investigate effective components for updating the curriculum, it is necessary to focus on the curricula of other universities in foreign countries and compare them with that of Iran. For this aim, a qualitative-comparative analysis is used to compare the revised master’s curriculum of English Translation in Iran with seven prominent Asian universities, to investigate the strength and weaknesses of the curriculum in Iran, and to recognize the effective components included in the curriculum of those seven prominent universities to be recommended to update the curriculum of Iranian universities. Hence, the curricula of eight universities have been compared with five criteria, including the title of the Master’s degree, the number of credits, the course structure, the instructional objectives, and the course content. Results show that to update the curriculum of Iranian universities, a list of courses and instructional objectives needs to be added to train translators who can work with technological tools. To achieve this objective, a course named “co-translator software” should be added to the curriculum. The other objective is to improve students’ interpretation skills, which are accessible by adding a course in interpretation. The findings provide novel information for Iranian curriculum reformers to work on updating the curriculum.

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Audio Description Technology: Enhancing Communication of Culture-Bound Elements in Films

Homayouni,

Khoshsaligheh

2024

BCT

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Audio description (AD) technology, as a means of audiovisual translation (AVT), provides media accessibility (MA) for blind and partially sighted audiences. Through this innovative technology, the audio describer engages in real-time communication and gives a running commentary on the visual elements that are seen on the screen. The intersection of communication and technology in translation as reflected in how culture-bound elements are addressed in AVT has lately gained increasing attention. This phenomenological research aims to describe the solutions audio describers resort to for the rendition of culture-bound elements in Anglophone films into Persian. The audio descriptions of four Persian-dubbed English-language films were purposively selected as the sample corpus. The findings revealed that communication-centric strategies of specification, naming, and retention are, respectively, the most applied in the process of communicating the English culture-bound elements across the target culture by the audio describers. The implications of the findings for practice and theory are discussed.

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Fiction translation expectancy norms in Iran: a quantitative study of reception

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Cited by 3 publications

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The Selection, Promotion, and Reception of Translated Fiction in Wellington

The Selection, Promotion, and Reception of Translated Fiction in Wellington

A Comparative Study on the Components of the Revised M.A. English Translation Curriculum in Asian Universities

Audio Description Technology: Enhancing Communication of Culture-Bound Elements in Films

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