AN EXAMINATION OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE NOVEL BRAVE NEW WORLD IN TERMS OF TRANSLATION THEORIES

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AN EXAMINATION OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE NOVEL BRAVE NEW WORLD IN TERMS OF TRANSLATION THEORIES

Journal Title: Karatay Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi - Year 2020, Vol 1, Issue 2

Abstract

The number of books being translated into Turkish keeps increasing on a par with the level of contact with the outside world. Strong enthusiasm of Turkish readership to catch up with the agenda in the literary and popular science area may not always meet with the enthusiasm with which the book was translated. Translations mostly suffer from inconsistent applications of methods and theories developed in Translation Studies. To draw attention to typical types of translation deficits in the publishing world, this paper examined the translation of the novel ‘Brave New World’ by Ümit Tosun. The translation was examined in terms of readability, fluency, translation techniques, methods, theory and approach on carefully selected rich extracts. Findings reveal that Ümit Tosun paid particular attention translation of long and complex sentences by using different methods and approaches though unsystematic and incoherent. Reiss’s (1977) emphasis on the appropriacy of a translation method for expressive texts was adhered to. As a result, the translator produced a readable and fluent book for the audience. As for his philosophy of translation, Tosun runs between St. Jerome’s and Martin Luther’s translation techniques.

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Mehmet ÇELİK, Yusuf ERTÜRK

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