A Portrait of the Mehmandar: Accompanying Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, to England

IF 0.1 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

American, British and Canadian Studies Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI:10.2478/ABCSJ-2019-0004

Alina Pelea

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Abstract

Abstract There are few professions and professionals to be constantly perceived as ambivalent. But for interpreting and interpreters, this seems to be the norm, rather than the exception. On the one hand, there has always been a sense of fascination for these extraordinary people who speak so many languages and have such a wide knowledge of the world. On the other, they have inspired reluctance, distrust or even fear. While literary works sometimes reflect one or the other perception, James Justinian Morier’s The Adventures of Hajji Baba, of Ispahan, in England (1828) reflects both and provides us with an insight into the nature and circumstances of the situation. By following the attitude towards the mehmandar throughout the novel, the present paper considers a set of memes that seem to be still valid today. The reasons this is so relate to features inherent in the profession, the privilege of understanding both sides ‘of the coin’, the power tamper with information, the risk of misunderstanding, etc.

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很少有职业和专业人士经常被认为是矛盾的。但对于口译和口译员来说，这似乎是常态，而不是例外。一方面，人们对这些会说多种语言、对世界有如此广泛了解的非凡人物总是有一种迷恋感。另一方面，他们激起了不情愿、不信任甚至恐惧。虽然文学作品有时反映的是其中一种看法，但詹姆斯·查士丁尼·莫里耶的《英格兰伊斯法罕的哈吉巴巴历险记》(1828)反映了这两种看法，并为我们提供了对当时情况的本质和环境的洞察。通过在整部小说中对mehmandar的态度，本文考虑了一组今天似乎仍然有效的模因。这与这个行业固有的特点、了解“硬币”两面的特权、篡改信息的权力、误解的风险等有关。

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American, British and Canadian Studies Arts and Humanities-Literature and Literary Theory

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