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Political discourse very often relies on translation. Political Discourse Analysis (PDA), however, has not yet taken full account of the phenomenon of translation. This paper argues that the disciplines of Translation Studies (TS) and PDA can benefit from closer cooperation. It starts by presenting examples of authentic translations of political texts, commenting on them from the point of view of TS. These examples concern political effects caused by specific translation solutions; the processes by which information is transferred via translation to another culture; and the structure and function of equally valid texts in their respective cultures. After a brief survey of the discipline of Translation Studies, the paper concludes with outlining scope for interdisciplinary cooperation between PDA and TS. This is illustrated with reference to an awareness of product features, multilingual texts, process analysis, and the politics of translation.

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RÉSUMÉLe présent article est une réflexion sur les termes utilisés dans l'analyse de la traduction de nouvelles et se penche plus particulièrement sur le terme transediting [transédition] tel qu'il a été proposé par Stetting. Après un résumé des arguments proposés par Stetting, nous présentons un certain nombre de recherches menées dans le domaine de la traduction de nouvelles en illustrant les principales méthodes utilisées, les conclusions et les concepts utilisés. Notre recherche présente les arguments qu'ont proposés différents auteurs en accord ou non avec l'utilisation, pour décrire le processus complexe de transfert linguistique dans les médias, du terme translation [traduction], puis présente les termes employés pour remplacer ce dernier. Nous démontrons que l'objectif initial de Stetting, lorsqu'elle a proposé le terme transediting, était de démontrer que la traduction était davantage qu'un remplacement du texte source par un texte cible. Or, les transformations identifiées dans le processus de traduction de nouvelles sont plutôt caractéristiques de celles qui surviennent dans la traduction en général. Ainsi, nous évaluerons la pertinence de conserver le terme transediting et nous tenterons de déter-miner si ce dernier terme a le pouvoir de décrire les pratiques de traduction de nouvelles. ABSTRACTThis paper reflects on the terms used in investigating news translation, with a special focus on the term transediting as it was suggested in a paper by Stetting. After a summary of Stetting's original arguments, some research into news translation is presented, illustrating main methods, findings, and concepts used. The paper presents arguments put forward by various scholars for using or rejecting the term translation for describing the complex processes of translation in the context of mass media and illustrates which alternative terms are used. It is shown that Stetting's original aim in coining the term transediting was to raise awareness of translation being more than a pure replacement of a source text by an equivalent target text. Transformations as identified in news translation, however, are characteristic of translation more generally. Therefore, the paper finally reflects on whether there is a need to keep the term transediting and whether it has any explanatory power for describing the practices in news translation.

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Intercultural communication in the global environment frequently involves recourse to translation. This generates new phenomena which, in turn, raise new questions for translation theory and practice. This issue is concerned with the concept of the hybrid text as one of these phenomena. In this introductory chapter, a hybrid text is defined as: „a text that results from a translation process. It shows features that somehow seem ‘out of place'/‘strange'/‘unusual' for the receiving culture, i.e. the target culture”. It is important, however, to differentiate between the true hybrid, which is the result of positive authorial and/or translatorial decisions, and the inadequate text which exhibits features of translationese, resulting from a lack of competence. Textual, contextual and social features of hybrid texts are postulated (see discussion paper). These are the object of critical reflection in sub-sequent chapters, in relation to different genres. The potential of the hybrid text for translation research is explored.

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