State of translation : Turkey in interlingual relations / Einar Wigen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wigen, Einar, 1981- author.

Series:

Configurations : critical studies of world politics.

Configurations : critical studies of world politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and international relations--Turkey--History.

Language and international relations.

Diplomacy--Language--History.

Diplomacy.

Turkish language--Political aspects.

History.

Turkish language.

Diplomacy--Language.

Turkey--Foreign relations.

Turkey.

International relations.

Turkish language--Political aspects--History.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 276 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2018.

Summary:

"International politics often requires two or more languages, and the resulting interlingual relations mean translation, either by interpreters who are quite literally in the middle of conversations, or by bilingual statesmen who negotiate internationally in one language and then legitimize domestically in another. Since no two languages are the same, what can be argued in one language may be impossible in another. Political concepts can thus be significantly reformulated in the translation process. State of Translation examines this phenomenon using a case study of how 19th-century Ottoman and later Turkish statesmen struggled with reconciling their arguments in external languages (French, then English) with those in their internal language (Ottoman, later Turkish), and in the process further entangled them. Einar Wigen shows how this process structured social relations between the Ottoman state and its interlocutors, both domestically and internationally, and shaped the dynamics of Turkish relations with Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wigen, Einar, 1981- State of translation.

ISBN:

9780472130948

0472130943

OCLC:

1037295126