TİYATRO ESERLERİ ÇEVİRMENİNİN ROLLERİ
THE ROLES OF A DRAMA TRANSLATOR

Summary/Abstract: This study concentrates on the role of the translator of drama and during the staging process, and entails a recitation of the staging processes of two translated plays in the Turkish State Theatre Repertoire. The first part of the study focuses on the structure and language used in drama from the translator perspective. The second section entails drama translation theories and applications in translation studies. The third part is an overview of the difficulties in drama translation, as well as a discussion of the major concepts used by translators to guide them in the translation process. The fourth section provides information about the choice of text to translate, the translation process itself, and the role and function of the translator in the rehearsal and staging processes. In this section, the focus is on how a translator can find a play to translate, procure the translation copyrights, what the translator should keep in mind when deciding to translate a play. Following a brief section on the translation process, the experiences and information concerning the status and role of the translator in the staging of two plays are detailed. The aim is to relay the benefits of working as a team including the director, the actors and the drama translator in the translation and staging process of a play and providing information about how this could be achieved in the Turkish example.

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