A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ideology and Culture in Shaping Political Narratives through Translation

Abstract

The proposed research paper seeks to unravel the political undertones of the ideologies and backgrounds of the translation team based on the choices available in translation. The research recommends the use of CDA (Critical Discourse Analysis), based on Fairclough's theoretical approach, as a foundation from which it hopes to view the relationship between language, power, and translation. In this process of analyzing, the researchers would develop a set of linguistic as well as discursive features descriptive of the translation team's position on the ideology as well as the cultural setting from the use of words, perspective, and omitted views, respectively. The narrative is shaped to fit the cultural expectations of the audience, as opposed to the translation team's ideology, as cited in-depth on a comparison basis. The findings demonstrate the translation team's involvement in building a linkage between political language, especially based on the choice impact, within cross-cultural communications as well as international politics. The current study points towards a need to be more cautious on the ideology and cultural setting within the translation procedure of political views as a means to revive translation research