Translating in the Mediterranean

Translating in the Mediterranean studies the translation flow between East European languages and Arabic and Turkish in the period 198-2010.

Overview

Translating in the Mediterranean is a joint project of Next Page Foundation, Transeuropeens and the Anna Lindh Foundation. The offered studies are a continuation of our earlier effords within the Encounters program, as well as a component of the first mapping of translation in the Mediterranean, led by Transeuropéennes and the Anna Lindh Foundation (Euro-mediterranean Programme for Translation) since 2010, in partnership with more than 15 organisations from all over the Union for the Mediterranean.

Background

Translation is an indispensible means for the circulation of ideas and literary works across languages and cultures. It is also much more than simply a tool for transferring texts from one language into another; it is an art and a creative work in itself. Translations are key to the ongoing enrichment of any language and culture, but they also remind us that no culture and no language are closed units.

Sharing a common and wider vision of translation, of the central role that it must play in Euro-Mediterranean relationships, in the enrichment of languages, in the development of societies, in the production and circulation of knowledges and imaginaries, the partners gathered around this project use this inventory as a basis to formulate and take long term action.

Translations from Arabic into 12 East European Languages: Country Studies

• The study Translations from Arabic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990-2010, conducted by Amina Isanović and Mirnes Duranović is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic into Bulgarian, 1990-2010, conducted by Nedelya Kitaeva, is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Croatia, 1990-2010, conducted by Tatjana Paić-Vukić is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Czech Republic, 1990-2010, conducted by Barbora Černá and Štěpán Macháček is available here.
• Notes on the report Hungarian Translation of Literary Works in Arabic, conducted byLászló Tüske are available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Lithuania, 1990-2010, conducted by Oleg Volkov is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Macedonia, 1990-2010, conducted by Teon Dzingo is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Poland, 1990-2010, conducted by Marcin Michalski is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic into Romanian, 1990-2010, conducted by Alexandru Iulia Anamaria, Dodiță Andra-Ramona, Ioniță Roxana-Ioana, Lixandru Monica-Alina under the coordination of Laura Mariana Sitaru is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Serbia, 1990-2010, conducted by Dragana Djordjevic is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Slovakia, 1990-2010, conducted by Marek Brieška is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Slovenia, 1990-2010, conducted by Barbara Skubic is available here.

Translations from East European Languages into Arabic

The study Translations from East European Languages into Arabic, 1989-2010 covers book translations into Arabic of works from all genres from the following twelve source languages: Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Czech, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian.

Summary of results of the study Translations from East European Languages into Arabic, 1989-2010 is available here.

Translation from Turkish into 10 East European Languages: Country Studies

• The study Translations from Turkish in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990-2010, conducted by Amina Isanović and Mirnes Duranović is available here.
• The study Turkish Literature in Bulgarian Translation, 1990-2010, conducted by Aziz Nazmi Şakir-Taş, is available here.
• The study Translations from Turkish in Croatia, 1990-2010, conducted by Neven Ušumović and Ekrem Čaušević is available here.
• The study Translations from Turkish in Czech Republic, 1990-2010, conducted by Petr Kučera is available here.
• The study Translations from Turkish in Lithuania, 1990-2010, conducted by Justina Pilkauskait Kariniauskien is available here.
• The study Translations from Turkish in Macedonia, 1990-2010, conducted by Dragan Zajkovski is available here.
• The study Translations from Turkish in Poland, 1990-2010, conducted by Magdalena Jodłowska-Ebo is available here.
• A bibliography Turkish Literature into Romanian, 1990-2010, prepared by Prof. Luminita Munteanu is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Serbia, 1990-2010, conducted by Mirjana Marinković is available here.
• The study Translations from Arabic in Slovakia, 1990-2010, conducted by Gabriel Piricky is available here.

Translations from 12 East European Languages into Turkish

The study Translations from 12 East European Languages into Turkish, 1989-2010 covers book translations into Arabic of works from all genres from the following twelve source languages: Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian.

Summary of results of the study Translations from 12 East European Languages into Turkish, 1989-2010 is available here.

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All studies cover the period 1989 to 2010 and include translations of all genres published in a book format but also (whenever possible), in printed and online periodicals. As far as translations from Arabic and from Turkish are concerned, the studies present individual analysis by language combinations (e.g. from Turkish to Czech or from Arabic to Polish) while for translations into Arabic and into Turkish there are summary texts. 

Any views expressed in the studies are solely those of the studies’ authors and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Next Page Foundation, Transeuropeens or the Anna Lindh Foundation