Adorned with Roman Dress, Embellished with Turkish Style: Reasons for Translating of Political Thought Works into Ottoman Turkish

Name: Adorned with Roman Dress, Embellished with Turkish Style: Reasons for Translating of Political Thought Works into Ottoman Turkish
Author: Özgür Kavak

Title	Adorned with Roman Dress, Embellished with Turkish Style: Reasons for Translating of Political Thought Works into Ottoman Turkish
Author	Özgür Kavak
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID	EISSN: 2717-6967, DOI: 10.26650/iuitd.2023.1217476
Record ID	cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_395b9169e85a48b8b40bdbcd7ecbc29a
Library Location	DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes	Translations from Arabic and Persian in the field of political thought mainly by Ottoman scholars and bureaucrats constitute the founding elements of Ottoman political thought. This article attempts to shed light on the reasons works on Islamic political thought were translated into Turkish during the Ottoman period by limiting itself to the Ottoman classical period between the 14th-18th centuries. The article examines 172 translated texts that were found to have been made in the field of politics during this period, why these texts had been chosen, whether they contain an assessment of any previous translation of the same work, what procedures were followed when translating, and the reasons for making any omissions or additions to the translation. This study examines the information the translators provided as to why they had translated the texts in an attempt to determine which motives were effective in the emergence of translated works, which was one of the ways political thought had been produced in the Ottoman Empire. The article discusses the sometimes-overlapping reasons for translating by deconstructing and exemplifying as much as possible the 14 different reasons that were identified in total. The article lists these reasons under the following headings: extending benefits to the public; requested by politicians; the insufficiency, problems, or difficulties understanding previous translations; the work being the best in its field; hoping to obtain rewards, receive blessings, and earn paradise; wanting to commend what is right and forbid what is wrong, training princes, wanting to guide and advise; as a personal preference, the translator bears the idea of translating in their heart; the text having language that is easily memorized; the text being easily understandable and interpretable; for survival, to earn money; the need to express the text in Turkish; an author’s request for translation; avoiding criticisms directed at an author for original work; and lacking a sufficient intellectual capacity to create an independent work.
Görüntüle	İslam tetkikleri dergisi, 2023-03, Vol.13 (1), p.423-463

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Adorned with Roman Dress, Embellished with Turkish Style: Reasons for Translating of Political Thought Works into Ottoman Turkish

Author Özgür Kavak

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Royal Danish Library

Library Asset ID EISSN: 2717-6967, DOI: 10.26650/iuitd.2023.1217476

Record ID cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_395b9169e85a48b8b40bdbcd7ecbc29a

Library Location DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals

Notes Translations from Arabic and Persian in the field of political thought mainly by Ottoman scholars and bureaucrats constitute the founding elements of Ottoman political thought. This article attempts to shed light on the reasons works on Islamic political thought were translated into Turkish during the Ottoman period by limiting itself to the Ottoman classical period between the 14th-18th centuries. The article examines 172 translated texts that were found to have been made in the field of politics during this period, why these texts had been chosen, whether they contain an assessment of any previous translation of the same work, what procedures were followed when translating, and the reasons for making any omissions or additions to the translation. This study examines the information the translators provided as to why they had translated the texts in an attempt to determine which motives were effective in the emergence of translated works, which was one of the ways political thought had been produced in the Ottoman Empire. The article discusses the sometimes-overlapping reasons for translating by deconstructing and exemplifying as much as possible the 14 different reasons that were identified in total. The article lists these reasons under the following headings: extending benefits to the public; requested by politicians; the insufficiency, problems, or difficulties understanding previous translations; the work being the best in its field; hoping to obtain rewards, receive blessings, and earn paradise; wanting to commend what is right and forbid what is wrong, training princes, wanting to guide and advise; as a personal preference, the translator bears the idea of translating in their heart; the text having language that is easily memorized; the text being easily understandable and interpretable; for survival, to earn money; the need to express the text in Turkish; an author’s request for translation; avoiding criticisms directed at an author for original work; and lacking a sufficient intellectual capacity to create an independent work.

Görüntüle İslam tetkikleri dergisi, 2023-03, Vol.13 (1), p.423-463