Abstract:

The Tanzimat Edict and the period it opened represent an important threshold in our history in terms of both modernization and institutional translation activities. Similarly, an intense modernization process was followed in the early Republican period. A dynamic translation activity was conducted by both institutions, Encümen-i Daniş and the Translation Bureau. This study aimed to examine the relationship between translation and the modernization and Westernization efforts of Encümen-i Daniş established in the Tanzimat Era and the Translation Bureau established in the early Republican period. Although the translation institutions that existed in earlier periods were individually examined from different perspectives, this study provides a comparative analysis of their influence on social transformation processes. Because translation is a social, historical, and cultural phenomenon, the polysystem theory was selected as the theoretical basis. The findings indicated that Encümen-i Daniş and the Translation Bureau supported the modernization and Westernization efforts, and translation was directly related to these concepts.

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