Research Article

A study on the relationship between translation ecology and food translation

Number: 20 September 21, 2020
  • Gökçen Hastürkoğlu *
TR EN

A study on the relationship between translation ecology and food translation

Abstract

Despite the multidisciplinary nature of food studies and its being one of the most interesting subjects among cross-cultural research, the concept of food has not been dwelled upon as it is expected within the translation studies. As a representative of culture, food is traveling through language and translation has a significant effect either on its adoption or rejection by the target culture. Moving from the background of translation ecology and its interaction with food ecology, this study aims to reveal the effect of translators in the globalization of the food items or making them stay local through their strategies adopted in the translation process. In order to do so, the English translations of the food items in one of the best-selling Turkish modern novels, Piraye, were investigated, as it is set in Diyarbakır, a representative city of the culinary culture of the South-eastern part of Turkey. During the data analysis of the randomly selected samples, the self-positioning of the translator was observed with the use of the strategies such as explanations, footnotes, omission, and addition. This study reveals in a general sense the dominant role of the translator within the frame of translation ecology and more specifically, his effective contribution to the process of the transfer of food items foregrounding the migratory nature of the culinary cultures.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Gökçen Hastürkoğlu * This is me
0000-0002-0219-7850
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 21, 2020

Submission Date

July 21, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 20, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 20

APA
Hastürkoğlu, G. (2020). A study on the relationship between translation ecology and food translation. RumeliDE Dil Ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 20, 855-863. https://doi.org/10.29000/rumelide.792544