Project description
Translation restrictions in Iran
The work and adventures of translation and translators in Iran are marked by strict censorship imposed by the authorities, a phenomenon that often leads to the existence of multiple translations of the same work. As a consequence, Iran represents the ideal base for translational research. The EU-funded sTUCk project will describe the leading characteristics of literary translation in Iran by analysing the dynamics between different actors competing with each other. It will investigate the real nature of restrictions imposed on Iranian translators and detect strategies to overcome them. The project will examine an English novel and its multiple Persian translations through interviews with the novel's Iranian translators.
Objective
The indispensable status of translation and translators in Iran, the availability of multiple translations of the same works, and the strict censorship imposed by the government on translators make the Iranian situation a promising object of translational research, well beyond its areal provenance. The proposed research will try to describe the main characteristics of the particular field of literary translation in Iran by analyzing the dynamics between different role players competing with each other in this field. It will then try to explore the true nature of limitations and constraints that Iranian translators are exposed to and discover different strategies that they use in practice to deal with these limitations and constraints. To this end, an English novel and its multiple Persian translations will be carefully examined in the light of information obtained from interviews that will be conducted with the Iranian translators of the novel.
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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Funding Scheme
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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3000 LEUVEN
Belgium
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