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Habitus and Translators: Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red

Year 2019, Issue: 27, 132 - 151, 31.12.2019
https://doi.org/10.37599/ceviri.580048

Abstract

This
paper seeks to investigate the habituses of translators of the book
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, Nobel
laureate, in English, French and Italian languages concerning the potential
relationship between the author and translator, dispositions and world views of
translators as well as their educational and familial background. The main
basis used as a ground in the paper is the famous term habitus by Bourdieu
which lays the way open for research on Translation Studies concerning the
Sociology of Translation. The translators of all versions were interviewed via
email and asked four questions related to the translation process of the book
to have an insight into whether they were guided by their habituses or not. In
the light of in-depth analysis of the habituses of the translators, it is
claimed that a translation process is a social deed and that in the process of
translating translators are not independent of their habitus, which is an
umbrella term used for entire past of the individual. It is suggested that
relationships between the author and the translator emerge as a crucial factor
that paves the way for success in the output at the end. Furthermore, it is
observed that translators tend to rely on their intellectual and familial
background as well as ethos when making choices related to which works and
authors should be translated over time.
 



  

References

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  • Göknar, E. (2013). Translation as transformation. Retrieved from http://dukemagazine.duke.edu/article/translation-as-transformation
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  • Jinyu, L. (2012). Habitus of translators as socialized individuals: Bourdieu’s account. Theory and practice in language studies, 2 (6), 1168-1173, doi:10.4304/tpls.2.6.1168-1173.
  • Kabukcik, S. (2013). Çeviri sosyolojisi ve çeviri alanında sosyolojik yaklaşımların çeviribilimde paradigma değişimine etkisi, Akademik Bakış Dergisi, 37, Retrieved from http://www.acarindex.com/dosyalar/makale/acarindex-1423867775.pdf
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  • Lavery, B. (2003). In The Thick of Change Where Continents Meet. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/27/books/in-the-thick-of-change-where-continents-meet.html
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  • Sapiro, G. (2014). The sociology of translation: A new research domain. In Sandra Berman & Catherine Porter (Eds.). A Companion to Translation Studies (pp. 82-94). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Sela-Sheffy, R. (2005). How to be a (recognized) translator: Rethinking habitus, norms and the field of translation. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Simeoni, D. (1998). The pivotal status of the translator’s habitus. Target 10(1), 1-39.
  • Simons, C. (2001). The Deadly are of Portraits. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from htpp://www.csmonitor.com/2001/ 1011/p1925-bogn.html.
  • Toury, G. (1995). Descriptive translation studies and beyond. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
  • Vanderauwera, R. (1982). Review: Gideon Toury, In search of a theory of translation. Dispositio, 7 (19/21), 177–179., www.jstor.org/stable/41491235.
  • Williams, H. (2001). Culture clash. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/sep/15/highereducation.fiction.
  • Xu, M. (2012). On scholar translators in literary translation – a case study of Kinkley's translation of ‘Biancheng’, Perspectives, 20:2, 151-163, DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2011.554610.

Habitus ve Çevirmenler: Orhan Pamuk’un Benim Adım Kırmızı Romanı

Year 2019, Issue: 27, 132 - 151, 31.12.2019
https://doi.org/10.37599/ceviri.580048

Abstract










Bu
çalışmada, yazar ve çevirmen arasındaki potansiyel ilişki, çevirmenlerin yönelimleri
ve dünya görüşleri ve eğitim ve ailevi geçmişlerine ilişkin olmak suretiyle
Nobel ödüllü yazar Orhan Pamuk’un Benim Adım Kırmızı eserinin İngilizce,
Fransızca ve İtalyanca çevirilerini gerçekleştiren çevirmenlerin habitusleri
incelenmiştir. Çalışmada temel olarak kullanılan husus, Çeviri Sosyolojisi ile
ilgili Çeviribilim üzerine araştırmalara zemin hazırlayan Bourdieu’nün ünlü
habitus kavramıdır. Tüm versiyonların çevirmenleri ile email yoluyla görüşülmüş
ve habituslarının kendilerini yönlendirip yönlendirmediğine dair bir bilgi
edinmek üzere kitabın çeviri süreci ile ilgili kendilerine dört soru
yöneltilmiştir. Eserin çevirilerini yapan çevirmenlerin habituslerine yönelik
derin bir analiz ışığında, çeviri sürecinin sosyal bir eylem olduğu ve çeviri
eylemi süresince çevirmenlerin bireyin bütün geçmişini tanımlamak üzere genel
terim olan habituslerinden bağımsız olmadıkları öne sürülmektedir. Yazar ve
çevirmenler arasındaki ilişkiler, başarılı bir ürün ortaya çıkaran önemli bir
faktör olarak kendini göstermektedir. Bunun yanı sıra, çevirmenlerin zaman
içerisinde hangi çalışma ve yazarların çevrilmesi gerektiği hususunda seçim
yaparken entelektüel ve ailevi geçmişlerini olduğu kadar dünya görüşlerini de
dikkate alma eğiliminde oldukları gözlenmektedir.

References

  • Arslan Özcan, L. (2011). Yazar-çevirmen: Bir efendi-köle ilişkisi mi? Yoksa bir efendi-efendi ilişkisi mi? [Author-translator: A master-servant or a master-master relatioship?]. In Proceedings from X. Uluslararası Dil, Yazın, ve Deyişbilim Sempozyumu (pp. 150-157) Ankara: Gazi Üniversitesi.
  • Authier, G. (2014). Note Biobibliografiche.
  • Bogenç-Demirel, E. (2014). Çevirinin Bourdieu Sosyolojisiyle Yapılanan Yüzü, Çeviri Sosyolojisi. Cogito, 76.
  • Bourdieu, P. (1997). Outline of a theory of practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Char, S. (2001). The deadly art of portraits. Retrieved October 11, 2018 from http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1011/p19s2-bogn.html
  • Gouanvic, J.-. (2010). Outline of a Sociology of Translation Informed by the Ideas of Pierre Bourdieu. MonTI. Monografías de Traducción e Interpretación, 2, 119-129.
  • Göknar, E. (2004) My Name is Re(a)d: Authoring translation, translating authority. Translation Review, 68 (1), 52-60, DOI: 10.1080/07374836.2004.10523873
  • Göknar, E. (2013). Translation as transformation. Retrieved from http://dukemagazine.duke.edu/article/translation-as-transformation
  • Gürses, S. (2006). Erdağ Göknar: Nobel ve çeviriyle asimilasyondan kaçış. Retrieved from http://ceviribilim.com/?p=362
  • Ianelli, E.J. (n.d.). My Name is Red. Retrieved from https://www.orhanpamuk.net/popup.aspx?id=72&lng=eng
  • İnal, T. & Kaya, M. (2009). Çok seslilikten tek sesliliğe: Benim adım Gilles Authier. In Researches on Translation Studies, Linguistics and Language Teaching, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi Yayınları No: 30 (pp. 190 -197). İzmir: İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi.
  • Inghilleri, Moira. (2003). Habitus, field and discourse: Interpreting as a socially situated activity, Target 15 (2), 243-68.
  • Jinyu, L. (2012). Habitus of Translators as Socialized Individuals: Bourdieu’s Account. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2(6), pp. 1168-1173/ ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland. doi:10.4304/tpls.2.6.1168-1173.
  • Gouanvic, J. M. (2010). Outline of a sociology of translation informed by the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu MonTI. In Monografías de traducción e interpretación, núm. 2 (pp. 119-129), València: Universitat de València España.
  • Jinyu, L. (2012). Habitus of translators as socialized individuals: Bourdieu’s account. Theory and practice in language studies, 2 (6), 1168-1173, doi:10.4304/tpls.2.6.1168-1173.
  • Kabukcik, S. (2013). Çeviri sosyolojisi ve çeviri alanında sosyolojik yaklaşımların çeviribilimde paradigma değişimine etkisi, Akademik Bakış Dergisi, 37, Retrieved from http://www.acarindex.com/dosyalar/makale/acarindex-1423867775.pdf
  • Kayhan, S. (2015). A Bourdieusian perspective on translators in Turkey: Examining the role of the socio-economic, cultural and political environment. (Unpublished PhD Dissertation) Surrey University, School of English and Languages Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, Surrey.
  • Lavery, B. (2003). In The Thick of Change Where Continents Meet. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/27/books/in-the-thick-of-change-where-continents-meet.html
  • Meylaerts, R. (2005). Revisiting the classics: Sociology and interculturality. Creating the conditions for international dialogue across intellectual fields. The Translator 11(2), 277–283.
  • Meylaerts, R. (2008). “Translators and (their) norms – Towards a sociological construction of the individual”, Beyond Descriptive Translation Studies, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Pamuk, O. (2003). İstanbul-Hatıralar ve Şehir. Yapı Kredi Yayınları, İstanbul. Pamuk, O. (2008). Orhan Pamuk with Carol Becker. Retrieved from http://www.caroldbecker.com/sitepages/interviews/interviews_by/orhan-pamuk.html
  • Xu, M. (2012). On scholar translators in literary translation – a case study of Kinkley's translation of ‘Biancheng’, Perspectives, 20(2), 151-163, DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2011.554610.
  • Sapiro, G. (2014). The sociology of translation: A new research domain. In Sandra Berman & Catherine Porter (Eds.). A Companion to Translation Studies (pp. 82-94). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Sela-Sheffy, R. (2005). How to be a (recognized) translator: Rethinking habitus, norms and the field of translation. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Simeoni, D. (1998). The pivotal status of the translator’s habitus. Target 10(1), 1-39.
  • Simons, C. (2001). The Deadly are of Portraits. The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from htpp://www.csmonitor.com/2001/ 1011/p1925-bogn.html.
  • Toury, G. (1995). Descriptive translation studies and beyond. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
  • Vanderauwera, R. (1982). Review: Gideon Toury, In search of a theory of translation. Dispositio, 7 (19/21), 177–179., www.jstor.org/stable/41491235.
  • Williams, H. (2001). Culture clash. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/sep/15/highereducation.fiction.
  • Xu, M. (2012). On scholar translators in literary translation – a case study of Kinkley's translation of ‘Biancheng’, Perspectives, 20:2, 151-163, DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2011.554610.
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Emrah Erıs 0000-0001-6753-9746

Publication Date December 31, 2019
Published in Issue Year 2019 Issue: 27

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APA Erıs, E. (2019). Habitus and Translators: Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red. Çeviribilim Ve Uygulamaları Dergisi(27), 132-151. https://doi.org/10.37599/ceviri.580048