وسطاء الترجمة الأدبية : صمام أمان مجتمعي، أم حجر عثرة : أدب الأطفال أنموذجا

Abstract EN

One of the translator's priorities when translating a text is not only rendering the message of the source text (ST) but also understanding the socio-cultural situation addressed to its recipients in the target language (TL).

however, the translator is but only one player in the translation field, since there are other authorities that control the acceptance or rejection of literary texts, and the translation of children's literature is no exception.

this article provides a short yet detailed overview of the most four effective agents in translation: ideology, censorship, economy and the TT reader.

those four agents, as we prefer to call them “translation intermediaries” are the mediators who make a bridge between the author of the ST and the potential translator of the TT.

this article sheds light on translation mediators and their role in strengthening or undermining the role of the translator and managing and/or manipulating the translation scene by focusing on children's literature translation and the child recipient.