Morality in the Translation of Armeno-Turkish Novels
The novel genre was introduced to Turkish literature through translation. The authors and translators who introduced the novel genre to Turkish readers in the 19th century were cautious when translating this literary genre to the target culture. The selection of the text type and author was carried...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Istanbul University Press
2024-07-01
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| Series: | İstanbul Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/126F0E3EB5AA44A68F660AD955EE7E69 |
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| Summary: | The novel genre was introduced to Turkish literature through translation. The authors and translators who introduced the novel genre to Turkish readers in the 19th century were cautious when translating this literary genre to the target culture. The selection of the text type and author was carried out within certain translation norms. Among these norms, the leading one was to have the translated work be done in accordance with Turkish and Islamic moral values. The same applies to novels translated into Turkish using the Armenian alphabet. This study believes that the Armenian translators and publishers living and operating in the Ottoman Empire did not adopt a different approach to translation than the one used by Turkish authors and translators. To verify this, the article examines prefaces as paratext within the framework of Gideon Toury’s preliminary norms. Based on this, the study identifies expressions in the prefaces of 10 Armeno-Turkish novels translated between 1850- 1900 that emphasize how the works conform to moral values, indicating how the translated novels not only entertain readers but also provide them benefits in terms of morality. Thus, the study attempts to highlight the importance of the concept of morality regarding the selection of text types in 19th-century Armeno-Turkish novel translations. |
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| ISSN: | 2717-6959 |