A DESCRIPTIVE-EXPLANATORY APPROACH TO EUPHEMIZATION: THE TRANSLATION OF THE "PAINTED BIRD" INTO TURKISH

Euphemization regarding sexually-loaded texts should not merely be considered as a translator’s personal choice, but an alternative strategy to handle multifaceted dynamics of publishing world, especially efficient in the case restrictive contexts, which might require evasion ensure trouble-free publication and minimize risk censorship, prohibition, confiscation. This study examines treatment scenes by two Turkish translators Painted Bird, Polish-American writer Jerzy Kosinski’s master-work shattered post-War Europe, explore strategies used target text mirror propagate ideological hegemony context, focusing on euphemization processes. The theoretical framework was built upon Descriptive-Explanatory Translation Studies (Toury 1995: 33; 1998: 11) (henceforth DETS) backed Critical Discourse Analysis CDA) Fairclough’s (1992a: 4; 1992b: 213) three-dimensional model consisting text, discursive practices social creates supportive plane. DETS employed this perspective throws light translators’ incorporation euphemistic preemptive attempts political risks reflections internal country.