COVID-19 Çalışma Koşullarının Sözlü Çevirmenlerin Performansları Üzerindeki Etkisini Analiz Etmek: 2020 Amerikan Başkanlık Münazaralarında Sayıların Çevirisi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada 2020 Amerikan Başkanlık Münazaralarının ilkinin iki televizyon kanalı için Türkçeye yapılan çevirilerinde sayıların çevrilmesi incelenmiştir. Kaynak ve erek metinler karşılaştırılarak COVID- 19 pandemisinde geçerli çalışma koşullarında sayıların nasıl çevrildiği değerlendirilmiştir. Sayıların çevrilmesi ve çalışma koşulları arasındaki ilişkinin aydınlatılması amacıyla, Amerikan Başkanlık Münazaralarını çeviren çevirmenler ile yarı yapılandırılmış görüşmeler yapılmıştır. Çalışmada, yüz yüze çalışma koşullarından farklı bir ortamda sayıların büyük oranda değiştirilerek ya da eksik çevrildiği saptanmıştır. Sonuç olarak, görüşme ve bütünce analizi bulguları çevirmenlerin birbirlerine yardımcı olamamalarının sayıların yanlış çevrilme oranını artırdığını ve çevirmenlerin sayıları sözlü çevirideki diğer unsurlara kıyasla öncelik verilmediği iddia edilebilir.

Keywords

• sözlü çeviri
• sayılar
• Amerikan başkanlık münazaraları
• medya çevirisi
• sayıların çevrilmesi.

Taking Stock of the COVID-19 Working Conditions on the Performance of the Interpreters: Rendering the Numbers in the 2020 American Presidential Debates

Abstract

The paper investigates the rendition of numbers in the first American Presidential Debates from English into Turkish for two broadcasting institutions. Comparing the source and target texts, we examine the rendition of numbers under the COVID-19 working conditions. In an attempt to address this question, semi-structured interviews with the interpreters of the Presidential Debates are corroborated with corpus analysis. The findings seem to suggest that numbers were either omitted or misinterpreted to a large extent in an atmosphere different from face-to-face working conditions. In conclusion, the paper shows that the interpreters’ inability to assist each other exacerbated the error rate as the interpreters did not prioritize numbers over other components of interpreting.

Keywords

• interpreting
• numbers
• American presidential debates
• broadcast interpreting
• interpreting numbers

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