On Translating Thucydides

Jowett’s Thucydides: A corpus-based analysis of translation as political intervention

“…As such, it aims to contribute to a growing body of research which has developed in recent years with the goal of better understanding modern-era interpretations of Thucydides and of picking apart the variations between them. Most notably, this includes Greenwood's (2015) essay "On Translating Thucydides", which provides a valuable methodological framework for the analysis of Thucydidean translations in the form of a multi-dimensional model with which to comprehend the norms shaping the production of each new version of the text. This model encourages researchers to examine the influence of the scholarly context in which a translation was created, the role of earlier readings in guiding later translators' choices, the prevailing "translation culture" and broader expectations of the target context, as well as the individual translator's own aims, interests and working methods.…”