Gatekeeping of translations in Shinchunji in South Korea during the Cold War (1946–1954) from the text mining approach
Published online: 13 December 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.00303.kim
https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.00303.kim
Abstract
This study examines the change of criteria for selecting texts for translation in Shinchunji, the
most influential magazine in liberated Korea. Using data mining methods, the study analyzes the topics and narratives of the
source texts on the two occupiers of Korea: the US and the USSR. The results reveal that institutional, domestic, and
international changes affected the magazine’s selection process, as its editors’ perceptions of the two powers changed over time.
The selected texts’ topics and narratives show the ideological transformation of the publishing company from a left-leaning or
moderate to an anti-communist governmental mouthpiece, expressing the editors’ desire to win over the minds of the Koreans for
nation-building.
Keywords: Shinchunji, data mining, text selection, liberated Korea, Cold War
Résumé
Cet article étudie le changement des critères de sélection des textes à traduire pour le magazine le plus
influent de la Corée libérée. En adoptant des méthodes d′exploration de données, cette étude analyse les thématiques et les récits
des textes sources sélectionnés à propos des deux occupants de la Corée : les États-Unis et l′URSS. Les résultats révèlent que la
perception des agents de traduction sur les deux pouvoirs a changé progressivement au cours des évolutions de la situation
institutionnelle, nationale et internationale, ce qui a affecté les processus de sélection des textes. Les thématiques et les
récits dans les textes sélectionnés montrent non seulement la transformation idéologique de la maison d’édition, qui est passée
d′une position de gauche ou modérée à celle d’un porte-parole gouvernemental anticommuniste. Les textes démontrent aussi les
campagnes des agents de traduction pour convaincre les Coréens de les soutenir dans la construction de la nouvelle Corée souhaitée
par les éditeurs.
Mots-clés : Shinchunji, exploration de données, sélection de texte, corée libérée, guerre froide
Article outline
- Introduction
- Gatekeeping and Shinchunji
- Corpus
- Methodology
- Analysis of the data
- Period 1: Reality of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the occupied areas (1946–1947)
- Analysis of topics
- Concordance lines and dominant narratives promoted
- Ambivalent soviet policy
- Implications
- Period 2: Increasing tension between the US and the USSR (January 1948–July 1949)
- Analysis of topics
- Concordance Lines and Dominant Narratives Promoted
- Implications
- Period 3: Strengthening of anti-communism (August 1949–October 1954)
- Concordance lines and the dominant narrative framed
- Implications
- Period 1: Reality of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the occupied areas (1946–1947)
- Conclusion
- Notes
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