@article{2017,title={Ideological Manipulation in Audiovisual Translation},abstractNode={“All translation implies a degree of manipulation of the source text for a certain purpose”, “Translation is political act”, “Translation cannot be thought apart from ideology” statements like these might sound assertive. But when we think of real life practices, we see that they are more realistic than the illusion that translations are done objectively or that translators do not manipulate the target text while translating. In this study, we tried to investigate the fact that a hundred percent objective translation is not possible, and we also studied the actors and factors that influence the translation activity in the translation process and play an important part in shaping the final target text based on audiovisual translation texts. As the theoretical framework, we used Skopos theory developed by Hans Vermeer and Katharina Reiss. We tried to show that for which function translation text to be used is a determining factor, and the existence of certain elements which direct translation. As a result, we have seen that there are some manipulative elements in the translation of the audiovisual texts, as in every translation, and that translators resort to some methods to manipulate the texts. The main elements directing the translation activity are the employer, the translator, the society and the state. Translators resort to four major manipulation methods to manipulate the text in the translation of the film texts as it is in literary translation. These are omission, adding, substitution and toning down or softening. Such manipulative and censorial practices are not only specific to totalitarian, repressive regimes. Liberal and democratic governments also resort to such practices.},author={Ayhan ŞAHİN-- Aslı Özlem TARAKÇIOĞLU},year={2017},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}