ÇEVİRİ KURAMINDAN UYGULAMAYA, UYGULAMADAN KURAMA…

Abstract

Since the beginning of Translation Studies, as in every scientific discipline, scholars wanted to bring into life a methodology particular to the field. However, compared with other disciplines, translation is different: It is a domain where theory and practice come together and complete each other. According to Ladmiral, it is a praxeology, i.e. a study primarily based on practice. This practice however cannot exist without the complementarities of theory. By entitling two parts of his book Poétique du traduire « Practice is theory» and « Theory is practice », Meschonnic also insists on the binary aspect of translation which makes it a discipline of its own. That is the reason why, in the field of translation, theorists should translate to use their personal experience in order to produce theories of translation. Similarly, translators should have basic theoretical knowledge that would be helpful while translating