Manipulation of translation in hard news reporting on the Gulf crisis

Combining Narrative and Appraisal

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4345136
AutoresJulie Boéri (0000-0003-1013-4806, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar), Ashraf Fattah (0000-0003-4157-8936, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar)
Año2020
Volumen65
Número1
Páginas73-99
Fecha de publicación2020-11-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMeta Journal des traducteurs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0026-0452 • E-ISSN: 1492-1421
EditorialConsortium Erudit (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.7202/1073637ar
OpenAlexW3108342579
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas31

This paper explores the manipulation of translation for propagandistic purposes in the Gulf crisis, which has led to the economic blockade of Qatar since June 2017. It focuses onAl-Ittihad, an Arabic daily newspaper owned by the United Arab Emirates. The data under analysis is extracted from a hard news daily section thatAl-Ittihadhas dedicated to Qatar since the outbreak of the crisis. Combining Narrative Theory with the Appraisal Framework provides an insightful account of the ideologically motivated manipulation and weaponization of news translation. Going beyond the reductive claim of domestication in News translation studies, this dual theoretical approach allows for further articulation of the socio-political context with translation strategies, by combining macro- and micro-analysis. This approach also uncovers the workings of propaganda inAl-Ittihad's translational news reporting. From the transediting of foreign attributions to the intersemiotic design of the newspaper's layout, translational news reporting involves embedding personal and shared narratives into the micro- and macro-levels of the hard news section to construe a negative evaluation of Qatar. Behind a façade of detachment and neutrality, hard news reports and the translation on which they rely feed into the propagandistic discourse of hawkish parties

Art · Context (archaeology) · Ideology · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Negotiation · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Translation studies · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Translation Studies and Practices