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What (who) is Dragoman - definition

TRANSLATOR, INTERPRETER OR LANGUAGE GUIDE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, ESPECIALLY FOR ARABIC, TURKISH AND PERSIAN LANGUAGES
Drogoman; Dragomans; Translation Room; Dragomen; Drogmanat; Drogman
  • Dragoman Joseph Shaar. Temple of Jupiter, [[Baalbek]], 1891
  • Letter issued by Sultan Ahmed III assigning Nicola Danal Spiro as dragoman to Thomas Funck, Swedish envoyée to the Ottoman court.
  • Baalbec]], lady and dragoman in foreground."
  • pages=230''ff''}}</ref> He accompanied the Persian envoy Mirza Mohammed Reza Qazvini at [[Finckenstein Palace]] to meet with [[Napoleon]] on 27 April 1807 for the [[Treaty of Finckenstein]]. Detail of a painting by [[François Mulard]].

Dragoman         
·noun An interpreter;
- so called in the Levant and other parts of the East.
dragoman         
n.
Interpreter (in Turkey and the East), drogman.
dragoman         
['drag?(?)m?n]
¦ noun (plural dragomans or dragomen) an interpreter or guide in a country speaking Arabic, Turkish, or Persian.
Origin
ME: from obs. Fr., via Ital. from med. Gk dragoumanos, from Arab. tarjuman 'interpreter'.

Wikipedia

Dragoman

A dragoman was an interpreter, translator, and official guide between Turkish-, Arabic-, and Persian-speaking countries and polities of the Middle East and European embassies, consulates, vice-consulates and trading posts. A dragoman had to have a knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and European languages.

In the Ottoman Empire, Dragomans were mainly members of the Ottoman Greek community, which possessed considerable multilingual skills, because substantial Greek trading communities did business in the worlds of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean. To a lesser extent, other communities with international commercial links, notably the Armenians, were recruited.

Examples of use of Dragoman
1. The institute was relocated to the Dragoman [Translators‘] House in 1'73 on the grounds of the Swedish Consulate General, where it still exists today.
2. Sleep in hammocks, tents, hostels and hotels during a 27–night trip through the heart of Brazil with overland adventure specialist Dragoman (01728 861133; www.dragoman.com). Seven days are spent on boats exploring the Amazon and its tributaries during the tour, which begins from either Rio or Manaus.