İşlev odaklı çeviri yaklaşımında dilsel ve kültürel edincin rolü: Deneysel bir araştırma

80‘li ve 90‘lı yıllarda çeviribilim çalışmaları yaşanan kültürel dönemeç (Cultural turn) ile yeni ve bütüncül yaklaşımlarla ele alınmaya başlanmıştır. O tarihe kadar geliştirilmiş yaklaşımlardaki yapısalcı tutum, çeviriyi anlamak ve tanımlamak açısından yetersiz kaldığı nedeniyle çeviride işlev odaklı yaklaşımlara ağırlıklı olarak yer verilmeye başlanmıştır. Reiβ / Vermeer’in (1984) “Skopos Kuramı” yaklaşımı, dil ve kültürbilimin bir parçası olarak kabul etmektedirler. Bu kuram çerçevesinde çeviri örnekleri irdelenecek ve işlev odaklı çeviri yaklaşımının kültürel öğelerin çevirisi için ne gibi açılımlar sağladığı incelenecektir. Bu bağlamda işlev odaklı çeviri sürecinin birbirinden farklı dilsel ve kültürel edince sahip olan çevirmen adaylarının çeviri yaklaşımlarına nasıl yansıdığı gözlemlenecektir. 

An empirical study examining the role of language proficiency and cultural competence in functional translation

This empirical study examined to what extent students-translators were able to transfer cultural elements in their translations. Within the framework of Skopos Theory (Reiß / Vermeer 1984) and having adopted functional analysis, the study investigated how students-translators with different levels of language proficiency and cultural competence transfer cultural elements from the source text into the target text and if they apply different strategies when dealing with cultural elements in their translations. The study aims to determine if there are differences in the strategies used by the participants and how these differences can be explained with the framework of Skopos Theory.   For this purpose, the study examined the translation process, strategies and product of German-Turkish students-translators. The study looked into adequacy and equivalence between the source and the target texts within the focus on the translation of cultural elements, and then discussed the results within the framework of Skopos Theory.    The findings revealed that there were differences between the strategies and approaches applied by the two groups. Particularly, the students-translators who had acquired the German language in Germany and were more familiar with the culture of the country, occurred to be more successful in transferring cultural elements in their translation. These findings suggest that language proficiency and cultural competence of the participants benefit their translation of cultural elements. 

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