Dubrovnik annals, No. 5, 2001.
Original scientific paper
DRAGOMANS OF THE DUBROVNIK REPUBLIC: THEIR TRAINING AND CAREER
Vesna Miović Perić
Abstract
An important role in the Turco-Ragusan relations was played by the Dubrovnik consuls and diplomats, together with the dragomans, interpreters for the Turkish language. Ragusan dragomans were professionals, often self-educated merchants who learned Turkish during long business stays in the Empire. Mainly, they operated in Istanbul, in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in the Turkish chancellery, situated in the Rector’s palace in the City of Dubrovnik.
Keywords
Dubrovnik; Ottoman Empire; Turkish language; diplomacy; dragoman; interpreter; translation
Hrčak ID:
8300
URI
Publication date:
9.8.2001.
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