Speeches of a King: Translation as Narration

The use of Narrative Theory to analyze translations and investigate how the act translation affects construction, reconstruction, circulation narratives is a current trend. This paper scrutinizes counter-terrorism constructed in speeches King Abdullah II Jordan, by drawing on Baker's (2005) theory that all embed promoting peace or violence. scrutinization does not compare English Arabic stretches those speeches. Rather, it an attempt identify stakes related constructing, reconstructing circulating narratives. framework narrative features narratives: relationality, causal emplotment, selective appropriation, temporality, have been used examine 29 delivered king between 2014 2020. study reveals king’s motivations for constructing his were counter existing misrepresentations Islam perpetrated both media terrorist groups construct alternative positive Keywords: Counter-terrorism; features; theory; Translation; Translation studies.