Özet:

The works of Yaşar Kemal, one of the important and influential names of Turkish literature, have been translated into many languages worldwide. In his translations, Güzin Dino worked with his wife Thilda Kemal and Münevver Andaç. In this study, we will analyze the French translation of the work of Yaşar Kemal "If They Kill the Snake". This work was first translated into French by Munevir Andaç and Gallimard publisher is still publishing this translation. This work was written in 1976 and translated into French in 1982. This work, which also carries elements and similarities from the life story of Yaşar Kemal, has an important place in Turkish literature. It has also entered the world of cinema as a film. In his work, "If They Kill the Snake", he addresses the many distant stories of the Çukurova region, its social problems and its natural beauty with his own style. Living Kemal's novels finds the body in the oral language of writing. He often uses local phrases and speaks about people, topics and foods that are specific to culture. This kind of elements reveal that Living Kemal's novels will be open to different comments. In this study where the original text and French translation will be compared, the hermeneutic and literary translation approaches will be used. In the framework of the hermeneutic approach, the difficulties of literary translation will be examined, the factors in the translator and decision-making process will be discussed.