Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory: The Translation of Idiomatic Expressions

Fatma Demiray Akbulut

Makale detayları

Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory: The Translation of Idiomatic Expressions

Yazarlar:

Fatma Demiray Akbulut

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Dil Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Issue Çeviribilim Özel Sayısı, pp.594-606

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001284291

pISSN:

2548-0502

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Pragmatics is a field of linguistics that observes the use of language as a social human behaviour and examines how linguistic features and contextual influences interact in translation studies. Cross-cultural pragmatics emphasizes the necessity of examining discourses on the basis of cultural context. Interpreting the translated text at the cross-cultural pragmatics level and examining cognitive processes are common areas of translation studies and pragmatics. For this reason, it is known that this field brings a new perspective to translation studies in terms of contextual meaning creation, reception, interpretation and analysis. Translation and interpretation of idiomatic expressions is one of the most problematic areas for the translator since she has to work as a bilateral negotiator on the basis of cross-cultural influences in both the source language and the target language. At this point, the Conceptual Metaphor Theory that guides the translator enables us to see language and translation studies as a field of social practice by analysing the similarities and differences between cultures. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to examine the problems experienced during the translation of idiomatic expressions and to focus on the similarities and differences between metaphorical conceptualizations of both languages English and Turkish on the basis of cross-cultural pragmatics. Thus, some translation examples taken from an authentic source are presented in order to show how metaphor is handled in translation. In these examples, how translators handle metaphorical expressions is discussed on the basis of conceptual metaphor theory in terms of similarities and differences between languages.

 Pragmatics is a field of linguistics that observes the use of language as a social human behaviour and examines how linguistic features and contextual influences interact in translation studies. Cross-cultural pragmatics emphasizes the necessity of examining discourses on the basis of cultural context. Interpreting the translated text at the cross-cultural pragmatics level and examining cognitive processes are common areas of translation studies and pragmatics. For this reason, it is known that this field brings a new perspective to translation studies in terms of contextual meaning creation, reception, interpretation and analysis. Translation and interpretation of idiomatic expressions is one of the most problematic areas for the translator since she has to work as a bilateral negotiator on the basis of cross-cultural influences in both the source language and the target language. At this point, the Conceptual Metaphor Theory that guides the translator enables us to see language and translation studies as a field of social practice by analysing the similarities and differences between cultures. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to examine the problems experienced during the translation of idiomatic expressions and to focus on the similarities and differences between metaphorical conceptualizations of both languages English and Turkish on the basis of cross-cultural pragmatics. Thus, some translation examples taken from an authentic source are presented in order to show how metaphor is handled in translation. In these examples, how translators handle metaphorical expressions is discussed on the basis of conceptual metaphor theory in terms of similarities and differences between languages.

 Pragmatics is a field of linguistics that observes the use of language as a social human behaviour and examines how linguistic features and contextual influences interact in translation studies. Cross-cultural pragmatics emphasizes the necessity of examining discourses on the basis of cultural context. Interpreting the translated text at the cross-cultural pragmatics level and examining cognitive processes are common areas of translation studies and pragmatics. For this reason, it is known that this field brings a new perspective to translation studies in terms of contextual meaning creation, reception, interpretation and analysis. Translation and interpretation of idiomatic expressions is one of the most problematic areas for the translator since she has to work as a bilateral negotiator on the basis of cross-cultural influences in both the source language and the target language. At this point, the Conceptual Metaphor Theory that guides the translator enables us to see language and translation studies as a field of social practice by analysing the similarities and differences between cultures. In this context, the main purpose of this study is to examine the problems experienced during the translation of idiomatic expressions and to focus on the similarities and differences between metaphorical conceptualizations of both languages English and Turkish on the basis of cross-cultural pragmatics. Thus, some translation examples taken from an authentic source are presented in order to show how metaphor is handled in translation. In these examples, how translators handle metaphorical expressions is discussed on the basis of conceptual metaphor theory in terms of similarities and differences between languages.

 Edimbilim, dilin sosyal bir insan davranışı olarak kullanımını gözlemleyen ve çeviri çalışmalarında dilsel özelliklerin ve bağlamsal etkilerin nasıl etkileşime girdiğini inceleyen bir dilbilim alanıdır. Kültürlerarası edimbilim, söylemleri kültürel bağlam temelinde incelemenin gerekliliğini vurgular. Çevrilen metni kültürler arası edimbilim düzeyinde yorumlamak ve bilişsel süreçleri incelemek çeviribilim ve edimbilimin ortak alanlarıdır. Bu nedenle bu alanın bağlamsal anlam oluşturma, alımlama, yorumlama ve çözümleme açısından çeviribilime yeni bir bakış açısı getirdiği bilinmektedir. Çevirmen gerek kaynak dilde gerekse hedef dilde kültürler arası etkiler temelinde ikili bir müzakereci olarak çalışmak zorunda olduğundan deyimsel ifadelerin tercümesi ve yorumlanması çevirmen için en sorunlu alanlardan biridir. Bu noktada çevirmene yol gösteren Kavramsal Metafor Kuramı, kültürler arasındaki benzerlik ve farklılıkları analiz ederek dil ve çeviri çalışmalarını toplumsal bir uygulama alanı olarak görmemizi sağlar. Bu bağlamda bu çalışmanın temel amacı, deyimsel ifadelerin çevirisi esnasında yaşanan sorunları incelemek ve kültürlerarası edimbilim temelinde her iki dilin İngilizce ve Türkçe metaforik kavramsallaştırmaları arasındaki benzerlik ve farklılıklara odaklanmaktır. Bu nedenle, metaforun çeviri içerisinde nasıl ele alındığını göstermek amacıyla otantik kaynaktan alınan bazı çeviri örnekleri sunulmuştur. Bu çeviri örneklerinde, çevirmenlerin metaforik ifadeleri nasıl ele aldıkları, diller arası benzerlik ve farklılıklar açısından kavramsal metafor teorisi temelinde ele alınmıştır.

Makale detayları

Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory: The Translation of Idiomatic Expressions

Yazarlar:

Fatma Demiray Akbulut

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Dil Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Issue Çeviribilim Özel Sayısı, pp.594-606

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001284291

pISSN:

2548-0502

Pragmatics

Cross-cultural Pragmatics

Conceptual Metaphor

Idiomatic Expressions

Written Translation

Edimbilim

Kültürlerarası Edimbilim

Kavramsal Metafor

Deyimsel İfadeler

Yazılı Çeviri

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Fatma Demiray Akbulut

Yayıncı: Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar: Dil Çalışmaları

Dergi: Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Issue Çeviribilim Özel Sayısı, pp.594-606

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 2/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001284291

pISSN: 2548-0502

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Fatma Demiray Akbulut

Yayıncı:

Yusuf ÇETİN

Ana Başlıklar:

Dil Çalışmaları

Dergi:

Söylem Filoloji Dergisi Issue Çeviribilim Özel Sayısı, pp.594-606

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

2/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001284291

pISSN:

2548-0502