The present study aims to analyze Turkish translations of language-specific expressions in Dan Brown’s famous popular novels in order to underline the necessity for carrying out analyses on popular literary translations ...

Linguistic taboos present an important challenge for the translators and censoring the use of language occupies a particular place in the translation of taboo expressions. In addition to the linguistic constraints derived ...

ABSTRACTSAKALLI Buse, Effect of Working Memory Training on Simultaneous Interpreting Performance: Dual N-Back Task, Master Thesis, Ankara 2015Simultaneous interpretation requires the act of switching continuously from one ...

Changes in the translation policy of a given culture, the changing nature of translational norms, the emergence of a new generation, ideological reasons and marketing potentials may cause a previously-translated text to ...

The role of culture is undeniable in translation studies. Culture-specific items pose a great challenge for the translator in many cases because culture is a very extensive concept, and it encompasses beliefs, traditions, ...

Edward Said’s concept of “orientalism” is mainly grounded on the argument that the Orient is falsely represented by the Occident. Coined by Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, reverse orientalism, on the other hand, reveals a discourse ...

Mrs. Dalloway is regarded as one of the most important works of Virginia Woolf, marking the 20th century world literature. The novel is foregrounded by the style of Woolf, and she has become one of the most significant ...

Interpreting is one of the most challenging professions that require many qualifications and abilities as well as language competence and cultural and world knowledge. Interpreters work under stress as the speech in a ...

Word choice plays a substantial role in the style of the author because it is specifically chosen by the author among many other linguistic options. In this sense, word choices, are important elements to be considered ...

Translating literary texts is an act of transferring the meaning across languages while reflecting the socio-cultural features of the source text to the target text at the same time. This transfer act is a process that ...