Absurd Tiyatro Çevirisinin Güçlükleri: Harold Pinter’ın “Yok Bir Şey” Oyununu Türkçeye Çevirme Süreci

Year 2017, Volume: 5 Issue: 3, 342 - 354, 01.01.2017

Sevcan Yılmaz Kutlay

Abstract

Kuşkusuz her çeviri sürecinde çevirmeni bekleyen zorluklar bulunmaktadır. Erek metnin türüne ilişkin özellikler bunların başında gelmektedir. Bu durumun en çarpıcı örneklerinden biri de absurd tiyatro metinleridir. Bu makalede absurd tiyatro metinlerinin çeviri sürecinde karşılaşılabilecek zorluklar Harold Pinter'ın A Slight Ache adlı oyununun çeviri süreci üzerinden çeviribilimsel bir bakış açısıyla irdelenmeye çalışılmaktadır

Keywords

Absurd tiyatro Çeviri Harold Pinter A Slight Ache

Translation Challenges of Absurd Drama: Harold Pinter's A Slight Ache in Turkish

Abstract

It is no doubt that translator faces some challenges in each translation process. The features of target text's genre come first. One of the most striking examples of this case is texts of absurd theatre. In this article, the potential challenges which can be faced during the translation of the absurd are tried to be analyzed through the translation of A Slight Ache by Harold Pinter from the perspective of Translation Studies

Keywords

Absurd drama Translation Harold Pinter A Slight Ache

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