105. Name: Rima Malkawi Title: The Ideological Stamp: Translation of Political Discourse in
News Media (Al Jazeera and Al-Alam) Institution: American University of Sharjah Country: United Arab Emirates Date: 2011 Language: English Abstract:
This study examines the way the ideological stamp manipulates translation of political discourse in news media and how it affects accuracy in the translation process. In an ideal world, news media, mainly news reports, are expected to present information objectively in order to allow readers and viewers to make up their own minds. However, this study argues that translation, particularly in the context of media discourse about Arab-Muslim political affairs with the Western world, is not a mere linguistic tool in the field of political media but, rather, is utilized as a tool of ideological manipulation. An English source text which belongs to The Times News Network as well as its two juxtaposed translation-sourced Arabic target texts belonging to two separate news networks, Al Jazeera and Al-Alam, are analyzed through the application of critical discourse analysis and translation discourse analysis. The findings reveals the critical role of ideology in manipulating the production of news reports. It also indicates that the inaccuracy and mistranslation of the extracted political samples of news reports are motivated by a wider perspective of a political, ideological editorial stance.
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