Reception of Christian Bobn’s Works in Iran with a Look at Mahvash Qavimi’s Translations

Translation critique criteria are based on the function of translation. Sometimes this function is more hypertextual, and sometimes it deals with the discourse that produces the translated work in the target community. Examining the confrontation between the source text and the destination text can be useful in terms of language, teaching, and quantitative translation, which we call translation evaluation. Translation criticism, however, focuses on the transtemporal space of the work, its translation process, and its overall results and effects. The translator produces a product, and it is consumed in the target community, thereby producing thought and ideology. The reflection of the translator’s work goes beyond just checking for the correct or wrong translation of a word. Critical thinking should target the whole discourse and the consequences of the collective produced. In this article, we take a look at the acceptance of Christian Bobin’s works and Mahvash Qavimi’s translations of this French author’s works.