Is Translations about Language or Politics? Essay -- English Literatur

Is Translations virtually Language or political relation?Friel famously state of Translations, it is about linguistic process and onlylanguage. However, the political statement which Friel denies neednot be active, but passive, as seeking an visualizeing of thesituation must consider politics, however Friel actively avoidspolitical comment perhaps collect to the volatile situation in the 1980swhen the feed was first typeset on.D.H. Lawrence famously said, Never trust the teller, trust the taleand with that in mind, I wish to explore the reasons why audiences andreaders may perceive translations as a political dramatic tactics.The action of the play over three acts shows the profoundly unreassuringinfluence of the English domination over the Baile Beag community andits life. Lenin once said, politics is who whom considering who actsand who is acted upon. Exploring politics from this point of view, oneis easily able to perceive the many political aspects of the play.One suc h clearly political aspect of the play is the colonial forcearriving from England. A movement of armies from one country toanother, is a clearly political act, a gesture, to indicate a presence as was Doaltys movement of the Theodolyte.On the other hand, if the play is about language (as Friel says) thenperhaps it is about language on dickens take aims. On the one hand itconsiders language on an inter bailiwick level (for example, the Irishand English languages) whilst on the other it considers language on an social level, the way perhaps we interpret between privaciesor our choice of various(prenominal) words in our speech.There are numerous ways in which one may consider the play to be aboutnational language. Many would consider language as ... ...haracters acting as a mouthpiece forFriels political points of view, and because of this, I believeFriels play must concern politics to some degree.In conclusion I believe Friel is telling a half-truth, when he saysthe play is about language and only language. This is true insofaras the only issue the play is directly and aggressively considering isthe importance of language. However, I believe Friel knew all to well(p)that anyone watching of reading the play would have to considerpolitics, at least on a social level, in order to fully understand theimportance of the social and national issues in the play. Therefore,Friels play is uncomplete a play solely about language (as he asserts)or solely about politics the two are inextricably conjugate leaving uswith a socio-political play which emphasizes the importance oflanguage as a political tool.