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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797376003321

Titolo

Tradition, tension and translation in Turkey / / edited by Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar, Bogaziçi University, Saliha Paker, Boğaziçi University, John Milton, University of São Paulo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publisihing Company, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

90-272-6847-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Collana

Benjamins Translation Library, , 0929-7316 ; ; Volume 118

Disciplina

494/.35802

Soggetti

Translating and interpreting - Turkey

Translating services - Turkey

Turkey History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The "official" view on translation in Turkey: The case of national publishing congresses (1939-2009)

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the novels of Orhan Pamuk and Bilge Karasu in English translation, this study explores the ways their reception evokes identity issues regarding Turkey. It begins with a theoretical discussion, comparing "national allegory" (Jameson 1986) and "metonymics" (Tymoczko 1999), which is a more apt concept when dealing with representations translations offer. The analysis section focuses on the recontextualization of the novels in the reviews in British and American target cultures and the discourses in which they are embedded, illustrating that the works of the two writers establish diff