Brokering Empire: Trans-Imperial Subjects Between Venice and Istanbul PDF

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the$following$is$an$E-book$available$from$the$library$catalogue$ E.$N.$Rothman,$Brokering$Empire:$Trans-Imperial$Subjects$Between$Venice$and$ Istanbul$(Ithaca$and$London,$2012)$$ read$the$intro$and$one$of$the$three$parts;$$1.$“Mediation,”$2.$“Conversion,’$or$3.$ “Translation"$ $$ Part%3%-%Translation$ $$ E.N.$Rothman's$Brokering)Empire:)Trans-Imperial)Subjects)between)Venice)and) Istanbul$examines$the$role$of$the$colonial$interpreter$and$dragoman$(diplomatic$ interpreters)$in$the$construction$of$empire.$The$institutionalization$of$these$roles,$ and$how$prestigious$this$occupation$became,$speaks$to$the$significance$that$transimperial$communication$played$in$the$role$of$government$in$trade-centered$ empires.$Venice$had$a$special$role$for$translators$who$could$communicate$in$ Turkish$and$Greek;$translators$for$other$languages$were$not$as$important$to$the$ formation$of$empire$due$to$the$special$relationship$between$Venice$and$the$ Ottoman$Empire.$Diplomacy$and$commerce$in$Venice,$likened$to$public$service$and$ private$interest,$are$intrinsically$linked$in$the$same$way$that$we$read$in$Venice)and) the)East.$$The$precarious$political$positioning$of$the$Public$Dragoman$in$Venice$is$ exemplified$through$the$first-hand$accounts$that$Rothman$points$to$Chapter$3,$ "Translation":$people$interested$in$the$position$must$assert$their$trans-imperial$ experience$and$character$while$also$maintaining$an$allegiance$to$the$Venetian$ government.$In$addition,$the$qualities$necessary$to$a$diplomat$in$general$–$ prudence,$vigor,$and$respect$–$are$assumed.$$ $...