Multilingual issues in the translation of Jack Kerouac’s Satori in Paris into Turkish

Semih Sarıgül

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Multilingual issues in the translation of Jack Kerouac’s Satori in Paris into Turkish

Authors:

Semih Sarıgül

Publisher:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Main Topics:

Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Journal:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.991-1008

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001308346

pISSN:

2548-0502

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Abstract:

 The present study focuses on the Turkish translation of Jack Kerouacs Satori in Paris to discuss translation strategies for multilingual elements in the work and their impact on the representation of Kerouacs bilingual identity and connection to the Beat generation in Turkish. It benefits from Grutmans 1998 definition of literary multilingualism and Corrius and Zabalbeascoas 2011 third language model L3 to analyze translated multilingual segments in three categories: 1 Kerouacs translation of French into English, 2 Kerouacs translation of English into French, and 3 slang and puns with a mixture of English and French. The findings indicate that multilingual segments in Kerouacs work were mostly transferred to the target text through repeating andor adapting, while a small portion of them was lost in the translation process due to various linguistic constraints among English, French and Turkish. The translators tendency to maintain an overwhelming percentage of multilingual segments in Turkish text can be associated with the respectable status of American literature in Turkey and historical significance of French as a dominant source language in literary translations since the 1930s.

 The present study focuses on the Turkish translation of Jack Kerouacs Satori in Paris to discuss translation strategies for multilingual elements in the work and their impact on the representation of Kerouacs bilingual identity and connection to the Beat generation in Turkish. It benefits from Grutmans 1998 definition of literary multilingualism and Corrius and Zabalbeascoas 2011 third language model L3 to analyze translated multilingual segments in three categories: 1 Kerouacs translation of French into English, 2 Kerouacs translation of English into French, and 3 slang and puns with a mixture of English and French. The findings indicate that multilingual segments in Kerouacs work were mostly transferred to the target text through repeating andor adapting, while a small portion of them was lost in the translation process due to various linguistic constraints among English, French and Turkish. The translators tendency to maintain an overwhelming percentage of multilingual segments in Turkish text can be associated with the respectable status of American literature in Turkey and historical significance of French as a dominant source language in literary translations since the 1930s.

 The present study focuses on the Turkish translation of Jack Kerouacs Satori in Paris to discuss translation strategies for multilingual elements in the work and their impact on the representation of Kerouacs bilingual identity and connection to the Beat generation in Turkish. It benefits from Grutmans 1998 definition of literary multilingualism and Corrius and Zabalbeascoas 2011 third language model L3 to analyze translated multilingual segments in three categories: 1 Kerouacs translation of French into English, 2 Kerouacs translation of English into French, and 3 slang and puns with a mixture of English and French. The findings indicate that multilingual segments in Kerouacs work were mostly transferred to the target text through repeating andor adapting, while a small portion of them was lost in the translation process due to various linguistic constraints among English, French and Turkish. The translators tendency to maintain an overwhelming percentage of multilingual segments in Turkish text can be associated with the respectable status of American literature in Turkey and historical significance of French as a dominant source language in literary translations since the 1930s.

 Mevcut çalışma, Jack Kerouacın Satori in Paris adlı eserinin Türkçe çevirisine odaklanarak bu eserde yer alan çokdilli unsurların çevirisinde kullanılan çeviri stratejileri ile bunların Türkçe metinde Kerouacın çokdilli kimliği ve Beat kuşağıyla bağlantısına olan etkisini tartışmaktadır. Grutmanın 1998 edebi çokdillilik tanımı ile Corrius ve Zabalbeascoanın 2011 üçüncü dil modelinden yararlanan çalışma, çevrilen çokdilli metin öğelerini üç kategoride çözümlemektedir: 1 Fransızcanın Kerouac tarafından İngilizceye çevirisi, 2 İngilizcenin Kerouac tarafından Fransızcaya çevirisi ve 3 İngilizce ve Fransızcanın birlikte kullanıldığı argolar ve sözcük oyunları. Çalışmanın bulguları, Kerouacın eserinde yer alan çokdilli unsurların tekrarlama veveya uyarlama yoluyla hedef metne aktarıldığını; ancak bunların küçük bir bölümünün İngilizce, Fransızca ve Türkçe arasındaki dil kısıtlarından ötürü çeviri sürecinde kaybolduğunu göstermiştir. Çevirmenin romanda yer alan çokdilli unsurların büyük bir yüzdesini Türkçe metinde de koruma çabası, Amerikan edebiyatının Türkiyedeki saygın konumu ve Fransızcanın 1940lardan bu yana yapılan edebi çevirilerde baskın bir kaynak dil olmasıyla ilişkilendirilebilir.

Article Details

Multilingual issues in the translation of Jack Kerouac’s Satori in Paris into Turkish

Authors:

Semih Sarıgül

Publisher:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Main Topics:

Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Journal:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.991-1008

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001308346

pISSN:

2548-0502

literary multilingualism

multilingualism in translation

third language model

Jack Kerouac

Beat generationedebi çokdillilik

çeviride çokdillilik

üçüncü dil modeli

Jack Kerouac

Beat kuşağı

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Article Details

Authors: Semih Sarıgül

Publisher: Yusuf ÇETİN

Main Topics: Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Journal: Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.991-1008

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 12/2023

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001308346

pISSN: 2548-0502

Issues

Authors:

Semih Sarıgül

Publisher:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Main Topics:

Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Journal:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.8 Issue 3, pp.991-1008

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

12/2023

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001308346

pISSN:

2548-0502