Literary Transmission of Cultural Features (CFs) in Bestsellers:  A Case Study on Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Rabia Aksoy

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Literary Transmission of Cultural Features (CFs) in Bestsellers: A Case Study on Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Yazarlar:

Rabia Aksoy

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.472-483

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001346402

pISSN:

2548-0502

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 Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer who has both fiction and nonfiction books. Her short-story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PENHemingway award, and her bestseller, Stern Men, was a New York Times Notable Book. Her book The Last American Man, published in 2002, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Moreover, she is also the author of the New York Times hardcover bestseller Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage. In 2008, Time magazine named Gilbert one of the hundred most influential people in the world. This case study aims to descriptively investigate cultural features in literary translations of Elizabeth Gilberts bestseller, Eat Pray Love 2006. The primary objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of cultural features CFs of the bestsellers. The mixed method approach was employed using these features in the source material: domestication and foreignization strategies of Javier Franco Aixelá 1996 and Lawrence Venuti 1995, skopos theory of Hans Vermeer 2000, and classification of translation strategies of Eirlys E. Davies 2003 were used in the analysis process. This study also aims to underline the shifting effects of translation strategies on the transmission of the source text ST through the target text TT in the case of Turkish-to-English translation of cultural CFs in the bestsellers. The main question of the study is whether using different translation strategies in addressing CFs affects the meaning of the ST while delivering it through the TT or not. In this study, the stylistic aspect was identified by focusing on a bestseller. It was determined that an applied cultural substitution strategy inevitably has a direction toward the target cultures reader in the transmission of artistic features. They were further discussed, examined, and categorized within the framework of domesticating and foreignizing. In conclusion, several recommendations regarding the translation of bestselling books were proposed, emphasizing that the translations of bestselling books as popular fiction will constitute an extremely important and productive field of study for translation scholars in the future.

 Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer who has both fiction and nonfiction books. Her short-story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PENHemingway award, and her bestseller, Stern Men, was a New York Times Notable Book. Her book The Last American Man, published in 2002, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Moreover, she is also the author of the New York Times hardcover bestseller Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage. In 2008, Time magazine named Gilbert one of the hundred most influential people in the world. This case study aims to descriptively investigate cultural features in literary translations of Elizabeth Gilberts bestseller, Eat Pray Love 2006. The primary objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of cultural features CFs of the bestsellers. The mixed method approach was employed using these features in the source material: domestication and foreignization strategies of Javier Franco Aixelá 1996 and Lawrence Venuti 1995, skopos theory of Hans Vermeer 2000, and classification of translation strategies of Eirlys E. Davies 2003 were used in the analysis process. This study also aims to underline the shifting effects of translation strategies on the transmission of the source text ST through the target text TT in the case of Turkish-to-English translation of cultural CFs in the bestsellers. The main question of the study is whether using different translation strategies in addressing CFs affects the meaning of the ST while delivering it through the TT or not. In this study, the stylistic aspect was identified by focusing on a bestseller. It was determined that an applied cultural substitution strategy inevitably has a direction toward the target cultures reader in the transmission of artistic features. They were further discussed, examined, and categorized within the framework of domesticating and foreignizing. In conclusion, several recommendations regarding the translation of bestselling books were proposed, emphasizing that the translations of bestselling books as popular fiction will constitute an extremely important and productive field of study for translation scholars in the future.

 Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer who has both fiction and nonfiction books. Her short-story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PENHemingway award, and her bestseller, Stern Men, was a New York Times Notable Book. Her book The Last American Man, published in 2002, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Moreover, she is also the author of the New York Times hardcover bestseller Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage. In 2008, Time magazine named Gilbert one of the hundred most influential people in the world. This case study aims to descriptively investigate cultural features in literary translations of Elizabeth Gilberts bestseller, Eat Pray Love 2006. The primary objective of this study is to contribute to the understanding of cultural features CFs of the bestsellers. The mixed method approach was employed using these features in the source material: domestication and foreignization strategies of Javier Franco Aixelá 1996 and Lawrence Venuti 1995, skopos theory of Hans Vermeer 2000, and classification of translation strategies of Eirlys E. Davies 2003 were used in the analysis process. This study also aims to underline the shifting effects of translation strategies on the transmission of the source text ST through the target text TT in the case of Turkish-to-English translation of cultural CFs in the bestsellers. The main question of the study is whether using different translation strategies in addressing CFs affects the meaning of the ST while delivering it through the TT or not. In this study, the stylistic aspect was identified by focusing on a bestseller. It was determined that an applied cultural substitution strategy inevitably has a direction toward the target cultures reader in the transmission of artistic features. They were further discussed, examined, and categorized within the framework of domesticating and foreignizing. In conclusion, several recommendations regarding the translation of bestselling books were proposed, emphasizing that the translations of bestselling books as popular fiction will constitute an extremely important and productive field of study for translation scholars in the future.

 Elizabeth Gilbert hem kurgu hem de kurgu dışı alanlarda ödüllü bir yazardır. Kısa öykü derlemesi Pilgrims PENHemingway ödülü için finalist olmuş, romanı Stern Men ise New York Timesın dikkat çeken kitapları arasında yer almıştır. 2002 yılında yayımlanan The Last American Man adlı kitabı Ulusal Kitap Ödülü finalisti olmuştur. Son olarak New York Timesın en çok satan ciltli kitabı Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriageın yazarıdır. Time dergisi 2008 yılında Gilberti dünyanın en etkili yüz kişisinden biri olarak seçmiştir. Bu örnek incelemesi, Elizabeth Gilbertin en çok satan kitabı Eat Pray Loveın 2006 edebi çevirilerindeki kültürel özellikleri betimleyici bir şekilde incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı, çok satan kitaplardaki kültürel özelliklerin anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunmaktır. Kaynak metinde bu özellikler kullanılarak çoklu bir yöntem yaklaşımı kullanılmıştır: Javier Franco Axiela 1996, ve Lawrence Venutinin 1995 yerlileştirme ve yabancılaştırma stratejileri, Hans Vermeerin 2000 skopos kuramı ve Eirlys E. Daviesin 2003 çeviri stratejileri sınıflandırması analiz sürecinde kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışma aynı zamanda, çok satan kitaplardaki kültürel özelliklerin Türkçe-İngilizce çevirisi örneğinde, çeviri stratejilerinin kaynak metindeki anlamın hedef dile aktarılmasında değişen etkilere dikkat çekmeye çalışmaktadır. Çalışmanın temel sorusu, kültüre özgü öğeleri ele alırken farklı çeviri stratejileri kullanmanın anlamı aracılığıyla iletirken etkileyip etkilemediğidir. Bu çalışmada çok satan bir kitaba odaklanılarak biçemsel boyut belirtilmiştir. Uygulanan kültürel ikame stratejisinin kültürel özelliklerin aktarımında zorunlu olarak hedef kültür okuyucusunun yaklaşımı olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bunlar ayrıca, yerlileştirme ve yabancılaştırma çerçevesinde tartışılmış, incelenmiş ve kategorize edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, çok satan kitapların çevirisine dair bazı önerilerde bulunulmuş ve popüler kurgu olarak çok satan kitapların çevirilerinin gelecekte çeviribilimciler için son derece önemli ve verimli bir çalışma alanı oluşturacağı vurgulanmıştır.

Makale detayları

Literary Transmission of Cultural Features (CFs) in Bestsellers: A Case Study on Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Yazarlar:

Rabia Aksoy

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.472-483

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001346402

pISSN:

2548-0502

Literary Transmission

Source Text (ST)

Target Text (TT)

CFs (CFs)

Bestseller Eat Pray Love.Yazınsal Aktarım

Kaynak Metin

Hedef Metin

Kültürel Özellikler

Çok Satan Ye Dua Et Sev.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Rabia Aksoy

Yayıncı: Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar: Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Dergi: Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.472-483

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001346402

pISSN: 2548-0502

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Rabia Aksoy

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Çeviri ve Yorum Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Vol.10 Issue 1, pp.472-483

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001346402

pISSN:

2548-0502