Remarks on Translation of Iranian Studies (Iranology)

Enormous number of works of orientalists and Iranologists increased the necessity of translating some of these works. The large number of such publications، in form of translated books and articles in recent decades، confirms the importance of evaluating and reviewing these works. Successive reviews of these translations reveal that some principles must be used in order to promote these translations scientifically and literarily. Sometimes، not observing some essential principles affect the translation in a way that prevents the reader from fully understand and perceive the text. For this reason، the main focus of this article is on the fact that translator’s awareness of some of these principles can prevent such harm، and can pave the way for promoting the content of translations. It seems that translating history researches and books requires specific techniques which are not that much necessary in the translation of other sciences. In this article not only common deficiencies in translating Iranology and orientology researches have been reviewed، but also it has been tried to introduce some of the necessary techniques and principles in this field.