مجلة الاداب واللغات
Volume 14, Numéro 2, Pages 5-17
2026-07-06

The Transfer Of Cultural References And Political Expressions In “a Promised Land” Autobiography From English To Arabic In Light Of Bassnett’scultural Theory.

Authors : Hocine Khadidja .

Abstract

There is no doubt that an author sharing their own experience in an original piece, such as an autobiographical account, is dissimilar to having it shared by others.Translation is not about transferring a text from one language to another, but it is about transferring a real human experience from one culture to another.This research aims to study the transfer of cultural references and political expressions of Barack OBAMA’s autobiography entitled “A Promised Land” through the lens of Susan Bassnett cultural theorysince it emphasizes that translation is not a linguistic transfer, but a cultural one. This study underlies the role of cultural negotiating in rendering cultural, political, ideological meanings in the autobiography.

Keywords

Autobiography translation ; Cultural theory ; Political and cultural references.