The cautiously pragmatic translation policy in Estonia

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-07-15 DOI:10.12807/ti.11222.2020.a06

L. V. Doorslaer, Terje Loogus

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Translation policy is never neutral, as it does not only take into account linguistic and cultural elements, but also aspects of political and economic power. Situations of unequal power relationships between states or language areas make especially interesting objects for study. The Republic of Estonia has been one such a case since its regained independence in 1991. Estonia has developed a language and translation policy prioritizing Estonian, due to the demographic changes during the period of the Soviet occupation as well as recent globalization developments. The cases of two institutional websites (those of the President of the Republic and the University of Tartu) show how this prioritized viewpoint plays out in translation practice: it allows for pragmatically accommodating both an international audience and the minority of Russian language speakers, albeit not to the same extent.

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爱沙尼亚谨慎务实的翻译政策

翻译政策从来不是中立的，因为它不仅要考虑语言和文化因素，还要考虑政治和经济力量方面的因素。国家之间或语言区域之间不平等的权力关系是研究的特别有趣的对象。爱沙尼亚共和国自1991年恢复独立以来就是这样一个例子。由于苏联占领期间的人口变化以及最近的全球化发展，爱沙尼亚制定了一项优先考虑爱沙尼亚语的语言和翻译政策。两个机构网站(共和国总统网站和塔尔图大学网站)的案例表明，这种优先考虑的观点如何在翻译实践中发挥作用:它允许务实地容纳国际受众和少数俄语使用者，尽管程度不同。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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