The Rewriter par excellence

ISBN-13: 9783659679926 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 180 str.

Cavu O. Lu Ozgur

Opis

Alev Bulut, of Istanbul University, critiques the book concisely: "The Rewriter par excellence: Türkçe Söyleyen Can Yücel problematizes the poet-translator Can Yücels unique translation approach in the Turkish literary system by analyzing four of his translations in three genres: poetry, drama, and prose fiction. The study demonstrates that André Lefevere and Susan Bassnetts notion of "rewriting" accounts for Yücels specific translation approach in the most thorough way and it gives us a sketch of Yücels idiosyncratic approach which opts for the peoples language in parallel with the ideological and translational background to the discussion within the context of Turkish literature and culture." Moreover, Yücel himself briefly explains his skopos regarding poetry translation in an upfront way: "My translation understanding is more or less as follows: I try to translate the poetic essence of a poem, not its individual words; Im careful about translating it into Turkish as an entity. [...] I dont see translation as a matter of omitting words or adding others - what is important for me is to aim for wholeness while translating the pieces." (Karantay 1989a, trans. Çavuşoğlu)

O autorze

Özgür Çavu o lu, who grew up in Izmir, received his BA degree in linguistics at Hacettepe University, taught English in military high schools as an instructor officer, did his MA study in translation studies at Bo aziçi University, and now, at Istanbul University, he is writing a dissertation on discourse on translation in the Republic of Turkey.