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Translation and/in Periodical Publications
Edited by María Constanza Guzmán
[Translation and Interpreting Studies 14:2] 2019
► pp. 174–197

Periodical codes and translation

An analysis of Varlık in 1933–1946

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This article discusses the relevance of periodical codes, an analytical framework that has been developing in the nascent field of periodical studies, for translation research. It explores how using periodical codes as heuristic tools can be instrumental in shedding light on the role of translation in the making of a magazine’s common habitus in a historical context. It presents a case study on the Turkish literary and cultural magazine Varlık, which began publication in 1933 and is still in existence. It offers a quantitative and qualitative analysis on the position of translation in the magazine, highlighting the way it contributed to the creation of particular forms of internal and external dialogics. Special emphasis is placed on compositional and social codes of Varlık and the way translation has been instrumental in shaping both.
Keywords: periodical studies, periodical codes, translation in magazines, westernization in Turkey, Balkans
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Linking periodical studies and translation studies
  • Relevance of periodical codes
  • Varlık: Some background information
  • Toward a common translational habitus: Translation and Varlık’s compositional codes in 1933–1946
  • Varlık’s Balkans: Overlap of social and compositional codes
  • Concluding remarks
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 26 June 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.00037.tah
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