Turkish women writers in english translation

• Autores: Arzu Akbatur
• Localización: MonTI: Monografías de traducción e interpretación, ISSN 1889-4178, ISSN-e 1989-9335, Nº. 3, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Woman and Translation: Geographies, Voices and Identities / Mujer y traducción: Geografías, voces e identidades / coord. por José Santaemilia Ruiz , Luise von Flotow), págs. 161-179
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.6035/MonTI.2011.3.6
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  • Deutsch

    Die vorliegende Arbeit bietet eine bündige Untersuchung von Werken türkischer Schriftstellerinnen und deren Übersetzungen ins Englische. Abhängend von der dominanten Position der englischen Sprache kann festgestellt werden, dass die Übersetzung vom Türkischen ins Englische weitgehend bevorzugt wird und die Übersetzung in die andere Richtung ziemlich langsam erfolgt. Es wurde jedoch festgestellt, dass ab den 80’er Jahren die Übersetzungen vom Türkischen ins Englische deutlich zugenommen haben. Dies gilt auch für die Werke (insbesondere Romane und Erzählungen) von türkischen Schriftstellerinnen, was auch auf den Zusammenhang zwischen der Emanzipations-Entwicklung der Frauen und der schriftstellerischen Tätigkeit zeigt. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird auch kurz darauf hingewiesen, welche Werke nicht übersetzt wurden und womit das zusammenhängt. Außerdem wird auch kurz auf die Rolle des Übersetzers bei der Bekanntmachung und Verbreitung von Übersetzungen aus “minor” Sprachen eingegangen. Im Anschluss werden einige türkische Schriftstellerinnen vorgestellt, um einen Einblick in Bezug auf die Besonderheiten der Werke von türkischen Schriftstellerinnen zu gewinnen.

  • English

    The present paper aims to present a brief survey of Turkish women writers in English translation. Due to the dominant position of English, Turkey has been rather dependent on translations from this language and the flow of translations into the opposite direction has been quite slow. Yet, there is a considerable increase in the number of translations from Turkish into English especially since the 1980s. This also holds true for the works of women writers, and, of women's fiction in particular, which is closely related to the bond between writing and women's increased consciousness. The papeer also briefly touches upon issues such as what has not been translated and why, and the role translators play in the recognition and dissemination of works from a "minor" language. A sample of writers and information about their works in English translation are presented in order to reveal, if not completely, the diverse nature of Turkish women's writing.

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