Abstract:

Children's and Young Adult Literature, a special and important genre in literature, plays a significant role in a society, in shaping the culture of that society and how members of it understand and perceive the world. That is why; particular attention should be paid to the translations of Children's and Young Adult Literature. Translators who are expected to be conscious of that are to make decisions in the translation process that will not damage the perception world of the target audience and that will also adjust the works to the target culture by maintaining cultural values. And at the same time children and teenagers will enjoy reading these works having been translated by taking their psychology into account. Although literary works are not written for an educational purpose, it can be easily stated that educational purpose of literature comes to the forefront in Children's and Young Adult Literature. In this study, educational aspect of literary texts, their contribution to teach culture to children and young people will be discussed in accordance with the decisions of translators. The aim of the study is to examine the decisions taken in translations of children’s and young adult literature from the point of target-oriented studies by observing transfer of cultural values in the sample books translated into Turkish.

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