
Translation Studies is an academic discipline that examines translation as an activity in terms of its theoretical foundations, descriptive approaches, and practical dimensions. This field investigates the processes of meaning transfer between different languages on one hand, and on the other hand explores the cultural, social, and cognitive aspects of these processes. Translation Studies has a multilingual and interdisciplinary character; it is closely related to fields such as linguistics, cul
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Özge Buslu

Liminality; a term used across multiple disciplines including anthropology, sociology, literature, and translation studies, to describe the state of ambiguity, uncertainty, and in-betweenness experienced by individuals, groups, or societies during transitions from one condition or social position to another.【1】 The concept originates from the work of French ethnographer Arnold van Gennep, Rites de Passage, and was expanded by British cultural anthropologist Victor Turner; it represents an unstab
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Kadriye Beyza Kirenci

Translation studies is an academic discipline that focuses on the theoretical foundations, descriptive approaches, and practical aspects of the act of translation. This field explores processes of transferring meaning between different languages while engaging with the cultural, social, and cognitive dimensions of these processes. Translation studies is multilingual and multidisciplinary in nature; it is related to fields such as linguistics, cultural studies, philosophy, semiotics, history, and
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Özge Buslu

The polysystem theory, developed by Israeli researcher Itamar Even-Zohar in the 1970s, represents an important turning point in the field of translation studies. This theory redefines the position of translated works within the target culture, and challenges traditional approaches that view translation as merely a secondary activity. According to Even-Zohar's fundamental assumption, translated literature plays a dynamic role within the literary system of the target culture and has the power to s
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