UNIVERSITY SYLLABI TRANSLATION VS. CENSORSHIP
Keywords:
Syllabi translation, censorship, higher education, scholarly freedom, ideological viewpoints, globalization.Abstract
The field of translating university syllabi is still a somewhat under-explored topic between translation studies and higher education research. Though translation is an important mechanism for increasing accessibility, facilitating international collaboration, and encouraging cross-cultural academic exchange, it also has the simultaneous potential to facilitate censorship. Translating a syllabus can make changes not only to its fundamental ideologies but also to its intellectual foundations and cultural context. It is the purpose of this paper to investigate the twin ability of syllabus translation to both preserve academic freedom and facilitate censorship. Comparative case studies of institutions across Europe, Asia, the Far East, and the Middle East are used in this research to examine existing translation policies, identify censorship incidents, and evaluate the effects on students, instructors, and educational institutions. This research suggests that translation policies are closely linked with wider ideological debates relevant to academic freedom, cultural identity, and institutional legitimacy.
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