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ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the translation policy of translator Nurettin (Nureddin) Sevin in the light of translator prefaces within the framework of Translation Studies. Prefaces written by Nurettin Sevin, one of the translators of Translation Bureau that initiated the planned translation movement of the Republican era, are the research objects of the study. This is due to the fact that there has not been any separate study on the prefaces of Nurettin Sevin in the field of Translation Studies and translator prefaces written by Sevin contain valuable information in the context of Translation Studies. Throughout the study, factors affecting selection of literary works/authors, translation strategies adopted and the role of translator in aforementioned translations are emphasized. Epilogues, as they provide an insight about the period, translator's and translation’s policy, notes, lists of translation and other works belonging to the publishers, the short promotional articles published and advertised by the publishers are also included in the scope of the study. The conceptual framework of the study is “preliminary translation norms” of Gideon Toury. These norms that Toury bases as a “target oriented” descriptive study, are examined under two headings: “translation policy” and “directness of translation”. In the study, starting from the prefaces, factors affecting above-mentioned translator’s selection of literary works/ authors and whether the preferred language for translation is the ultimate source language or translation of any mediating language have been examined. It is foreseen that aforementioned prefaces, epilogues, notes, lists of translation and other works belonging to the publishers, the short promotional articles published and advertised by the publishers may shed some light on the landscape of translation and culture.

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