The Translation Office (, also spelled ''Terceme Odası'', // (),

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or Terdjuman Odasi; , also rendered as Bureau des Interprètes or Cabinet des Traducteurs) was an organ of the

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that translated documents from one language to another. The government created it in 1821 as the Ottoman authorities wanted to train their own corps of Turkish translators instead of using

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due to the

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occurring. Most of the staff at Ottoman diplomatic missions in Europe originated from this office. - Cited: p. 278 Salaries and prominence of the office increased after the 1830s in the aftermath of the Battle of Konya and

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'', wrote that the Translation Office became "one of the avenues to preferment and power". The office created French-language versions of official documents. Such documents, created by the Translation Office and other Ottoman government organs dedicated to translating documents, catered to foreigners, and were used to create versions of documents in languages used by Ottoman non-Muslims. - Cited: p
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