Interview

What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada

Volume: 19 Number: 2 December 29, 2025
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What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada

Abstract

On May 25, 2025, poet and novelist Zeynep Kurada delivered a talk on literature and translation at Çankaya University as part of an event organized by the Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies. Drawing on the highlights of this wide-ranging talk, the present interview brings together Mustafa Kirca and Beyza Havvanur Sarımehmet in conversation with Zeynep Kurada on the relationship between translation, the translator, and art, more specifically on what an author expects from a translator. The interview also addresses the translation of poetic novel and images, with particular reference to her novel Hayatımın Çoğunda Yoktum (‘‘Absent for Most of My Life’’).

Keywords

References

  1. Kurada, Z. (2025)

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Translation Studies, World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other)

Journal Section

Interview

Publication Date

December 29, 2025

Submission Date

December 15, 2025

Acceptance Date

December 25, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 19 Number: 2

APA
Kırca, M., & Sarımehmet, B. H. (2025). What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 19(2), 530-536. https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG
AMA
1.Kırca M, Sarımehmet BH. What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada. CUJHSS. 2025;19(2):530-536. https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG
Chicago
Kırca, Mustafa, and Beyza Havvanur Sarımehmet. 2025. “What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview With Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 19 (2): 530-36. https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG.
EndNote
Kırca M, Sarımehmet BH (December 1, 2025) What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 19 2 530–536.
IEEE
[1]M. Kırca and B. H. Sarımehmet, “What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada”, CUJHSS, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 530–536, Dec. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG
ISNAD
Kırca, Mustafa - Sarımehmet, Beyza Havvanur. “What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview With Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 19/2 (December 1, 2025): 530-536. https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG.
JAMA
1.Kırca M, Sarımehmet BH. What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada. CUJHSS. 2025;19:530–536.
MLA
Kırca, Mustafa, and Beyza Havvanur Sarımehmet. “What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview With Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 19, no. 2, Dec. 2025, pp. 530-6, https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Kırca, Beyza Havvanur Sarımehmet. What Does an Author Expect from a Translator? An Interview with Poet and Novelist Zeynep Kurada. CUJHSS [Internet]. 2025 Dec. 1;19(2):530-6. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA29TD33NG

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