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<p>The story of Hansel and Gretel, published by the German Brothers Grimm, has been translated from German to Turkish many times by many translators. In this context, our study aimed to examine the translation approaches, processes and strategies of translation works produced by different translators and in different years. The sentences forming the source text were selected at random and their equivalents were searched for in three different translation texts. Our research evaluated general translation strategies and included the similarities/differences found in the source and target translation works. As a result, it can be seen that translation strategies such as addition, rearrangement, enlargement and reduction are applied. Our study was examined according to Gideon Toury‘s goal-directed translation theory and tried to determine within the framework of adequacy and acceptability using examples.</p>
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The story of Hansel and Gretel, published by the German Brothers Grimm, has been translated from German to Turkish many times by many translators. In this context, our study aimed to examine the translation approaches, processes and strategies of translation works produced by different translators and in different years. The sentences forming the source text were selected at random and their equivalents were searched for in three different translation texts. Our research evaluated general translation strategies and included the similarities/differences found in the source and target translation works. As a result, it can be seen that translation strategies such as addition, rearrangement, enlargement and reduction are applied. Our study was examined according to Gideon Toury‘s goal-directed translation theory and tried to determine within the framework of adequacy and acceptability using examples.

Übersetzungsstrategien und -prozesse in <italic>Hänsel und Gretel</italic>-Übersetzungen

Prof. Dr.; Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Universität; Masterandin

Germanistische Beiträge

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Übersetzungsstrategien und -prozesse in -Übersetzungen

The story of Hansel and Gretel, published by the German Brothers Grimm, has been translated from German to Turkish many times by many translators. In this...

Übersetzungsstrategien und -prozesse in Hänsel und Gretel-Übersetzungen

Published Online: Mar 19, 2024

Page range: 269 - 286

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2023-0016

Keywords
Grimm‘s Fairy Tales. Translation strategies, Hansel and Gretel, translator, translation

© 2023 Lokman Tanrikulu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Übersetzungsstrategien und -prozesse in Hänsel und Gretel-Übersetzungen

Published Online: Mar 19, 2024

Page range: 269 - 286

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2023-0016

KeywordsGrimm‘s Fairy Tales. Translation strategies, Hansel and Gretel, translator, translation

© 2023 Lokman Tanrikulu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Grimm‘s Fairy Tales. Translation strategies, Hansel and Gretel, translator, translation