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Translation Fluxes in Turkish.

Book Contribution - Chapter

Subtitle:An Indication of Intercultural Exchanges
The distinction between centre and periphery is not straightforward and cannot easily be identified on the basis of objective data. In order to gauge the depth and breadth of intercultural exchanges between Turkey and other countries, this contribution sets out to analyse the number and the thematic foci of translations published in Turkey between 1979 and 2012. To this effect, we have scrutinized the data from the UNESCO database Index Translationum and subdivided them into eight areas: Philosophy and Psychology; Religion and Theology; Law and Social Sciences; Exact Sciences; Applied Sciences; Art, Games and Sports; Literature; History, Geography and Biography. We will show the translational dynamics of languages in Turkey and formulate the hypothesis that mainly English and secondarily also French are perceived to be the vectors of global culture. Indeed, the dominance of the Anglo-Saxon culture has been steadily progressing since the beginning of our data set in 1979, whereas the importance of French – and other languages – is ever more diminishing, currently relegating it to the margins. In this context, we will make explicit that translations are highly significant indicators of international power relations.
Book: Uluslararası Göç ve Hareketlilik: Küreselleşen Dünyada Çok Kültürlü Toplumların Çözüm Arayış
Pages: 36-42
Number of pages: 6
Publication year:2020
Keywords:Migration, Translation
  • VABB Id: c:vabb:492400
  • ORCID: /0000-0001-5000-9300/work/74784993
  • ORCID: /0000-0002-3426-3218/work/79832455