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In the aftermath of conflict, the role of translation extends into the realm of conflict resolution. This study examines how translation prefaces address conflict resolution in the context of post-revolutionary Iran following the Iran-Iraq War, focusing on the resolution strategies employed. To achieve this, criterion sampling was used to select three English books on the Iran-Iraq War, originally written from Iraqi or Other perspectives and translated into Persian by Marz-o-Boom Publications. Data were collected from the prefaces of these translations, emphasizing their treatment of the war and the contentious themes in the source texts. Using Salama-Carr’s (2007) and Webne Behrman’s (1998) definitions of conflict, conflict cases were identified and categorized based on Thomas and Kilmann’s (1974) conflict resolution model. The findings indicate that the competing strategy was predominantly employed (44.4%–54.6%), reflecting strong assertiveness in promoting Iranian state perspectives. The compromising strategy was used to a moderate extent (18.6%–34.4%), indicating some engagement in negotiation, while the collaborating strategy ranged from 18.1% to 33.4%, reflecting fluctuating openness to diverse viewpoints. The accommodating strategy appeared only once (2.3%), highlighting a reluctance to embrace alternative perspectives, while the avoiding strategy was entirely absent, suggesting a deliberate effort to confront the complexities of the conflict. Overall, the findings reveal a pattern of using collaboration within a competitive framework as a nuanced approach to conflict resolution in sensitive translation contexts. This strategy demonstrates a strong commitment to constructive dialogue, enriches the discourse on the conflict, and enhances readers’ understanding of its multifaceted nature.

This case study examines the influence of students’ motivation on their EFL performance to identify motivational factors and as a result, it was created a proposal for increasing their motivation. The population selected was 126 first-semester students and 5 professors in charge of the EFL process at a private university in Colombia, Bogotá in the first and second semesters of 2023. Moreover, the methodology used was qualitative with a social constructivist worldview to research based on students' and professors’ perceptions. That way, the collected results show that most students’ extrinsic motivation causes their low EFL level when entering the program as students may be goal-oriented and short-term sustained, which can contribute to dropping out of the program. Therefore, it is recommended that professors take action to increase students’ motivation by teaching students relevant topics, exposing the benefits of learning EFL, encouraging them to be self-directed students, promoting a safe environment, making them use e-learning tools and using gamified assessment/activity tools so that students can improve their academic performance.

This study investigates the impact of teachers’ rapport on classroom interactions and students’ participation in class activities, comparing experienced and novice EFL teachers. Rapport, defined as a positive, harmonious relationship between teacher and students, is often cited as critical for effective communication and a supportive learning environment. Despite the extensive literature emphasizing the importance of rapport in enhancing student engagement, motivation, and classroom dynamics, limited research has explored the role of teaching experience in moderating these effects. The study involved 40 EFL teachers (20 experienced and 20 novice) from Safir Language Academy in Tehran, with data collected through classroom observations. An independent t-test was used to analyze the differences in classroom interaction and student participation between the two groups. The findings indicate no significant difference between experienced and novice teachers in terms of the impact of rapport on classroom interactions and student participation. The study’s results challenge previous research, suggesting that the level of teacher rapport, regardless of experience, does not significantly influence classroom dynamics or student engagement. These findings imply that other factors may play a more substantial role in shaping classroom interactions and participation, warranting further investigation into the complexities of teacher-student relationships and their effects on learning outcomes.

Writing is a crucial means of communication. Iranian English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners face a difficult problem in becoming proficient writers. Employing various methodologies and incorporating diverse exercises yield distinct effects on writing proficiency. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of cloze-elide and grammaticality judgment tasks on the paragraph writing proficiency of Iranian intermediate EFL learners. In order to achieve this objective, a total of 90 intermediate EFL learners who were enrolled in a private language institute in Guilan province were chosen using the availability sampling method. These learners were then divided into three groups. Initially, OPT served as the placement test. Subsequently, a preliminary assessment of writing skills was conducted among all research groups. Subsequently, experimental group 1 underwent 10 sessions of English paragraph writing using cloze-elide tasks, experimental group 2 underwent 10 sessions of English paragraph writing using grammaticality judgment tasks, and the control group received a placebo in the form of English paragraph writing using the existing method. Finally, a posttest of writing was given to the three groups in the study. The findings of a repeated-measures two-way ANOVA indicate that introducing a new task, either cloze-elide or grammaticality judgment, can enhance the performance of EFL learners in paragraph writing abilities.

Acknowledging translator’s agency, the present research argues what remains relatively under-explored in translation studies is how translators’ demographics and professional background closely interacts with their decision-making when it comes to book selection criteria. Therefore, this quantitative research examines whether professional factors of, among other things, translation experience, educational degree, significantly affect translators’ selection criteria for book translation in contemporary Iran. Based on a snowball sampling method, 248 professional translators answered a self-report questionnaire, which collected their professional data and measured their preferences based on a range of book selection criteria, including socio-cognitive considerations, externally driven motivations, success guarantee factors, translators’ authority and agency, internally driven motivations and publishers’ authority and agency. Results indicated that only translators’ educational background, experience, and field of study significantly predicted their book selection criteria. Further, their educational degree affected their book selection criteria, such as externally driven motivations, publishers’ authority and agency, success guarantee factors.

Ce présent article a pour but de mettre en évidence l’importance de la poésie francophile de  Mohammad- Ali Eslâmi-e Nodouchane (1924-2022) à travers ses poèmes Le « Péché » et la « Source » étant le pivot de la nouveauté poétique en Iran. De plus, la traduction des Fleurs du Mal et du Spleen de Paris de Charles Baudelaire fut le motif du parcours littéraire de Nodouchane en France, car il considérait Baudelaire comme le maître de sa création artistique. En outre, la « mélancolie » et la « désillusion » sont deux termes essentiels pour trouver les origines de la poésie francophile où le poète persan s’enthousiasme pour le pessimisme et l’imagination de Baudelaire afin d’être un poète visionnaire vis-à-vis de la destinée humaine. En fait, la francophilie dans sa dimension poétique sera examinée par les différents critères dont la solitude et l’angoisse constituent la trame de l’apport littéraire de Nodouchane en Iran.

La majorité des troubles mentaux trouvent leurs origines dans le contexte social et familial de l'enfance. Selon Karen Horney, psychologue néo-freudienne, un enfant privé d'amour, de sécurité, de confiance et d'affection développe une anxiété à l'âge adulte, entravant ainsi son épanouissement. Pour faire face à cette anxiété, il adopte l'un des trois types de personnalité : agressive ou conflictuelle, soumise ou complaisante, et détachée ou isolée. Ces individus se réfugient souvent dans un monde imaginaire qu'ils créent pour trouver la paix intérieure et pour apaiser leurs tourments, mais cette échappatoire engendre également d'autres problèmes psychologiques. Dans cet article, nous analysons le type de personnalité de Monsieur Songe, personnage du livre éponyme de Robert Pinget, en nous appuyant sur les théories de Karen Horney. Des exemples tirés de l'œuvre révèlent la dimension psychologique de ce personnage, contribuant ainsi à une meilleure compréhension de la richesse psychologique du Nouveau Roman, qui est toujours en débat.