Abstract:

From past to present, the communities not knowing each other naturally exercised caution between them first in terms of international relations, and they have began to discuss after having met each other; as a result, translation activities arose so that they could know the other party. Almost every civilization interacted with other civilizations and they improved themselves through translations in terms of knowledge, technology, language and culture, and the affected the other civilizations. Ancient Sumerian and Egyptian cultures were transferred to Hellenic people, the hellene culture was transferred to Latin and Islamic countries through translations and, Islamic and Latin culture were transmitted to Europe by means of Renaissance based on translations. Translation activities carried out throughout history were examined under different disciplines such as history at first and now, they have been investigated under the discipline of Translation Studies in addition to ther disciplines. Translation, as a product, a process and a concept, has attracted attention in recent years and translation history has begun to draw attention. Woodswarth divides the studies in Translation History into four groups: Historical studies based on time and location; types of translation; important milestones in Translation History and translators. In this study, the translation activities will be examined, from the Antique age to the early Medieval age, and the information of the quality of the translations and the situation of the translators. In this study, the translation activities in the Antique age, the characteristics of the translations and the situation of the translators wll be examined.

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