An Analysis of Food Translation within the Eco-Translation Framework in Chef’s Table
TURKISH STUDIES - EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.717-731, 2025 (TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.7827/turkishstudies.87856
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH STUDIES - EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Central & Eastern European Academic Source (CEEAS), Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.717-731
- Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Eco-translation is a novel approach to translation studies that deals with the issues of ecology, environment, and sustainability; thereby suggesting that translation has an ecological responsibility. This study examines the translation of food within the framework of Michael Cronin's eco-translation approach, considering its cultural and ecological dimensions, and analyzes the Musa Dağdeviren episode of the documentary series Chef's Table from this perspective as a case study. Examining English subtitles and audiovisual presentations, the research investigates how food operates as an ecological and cultural text that transcends linguistic, geographic, and semiotic limits. The analysis revealed three main translation methods: retention, omission, and intralingual translation, while linking them to Cronin's essential concepts about migration, mutability, food ecology, and slow language. Audiovisual storytelling was observed to maintain or conceal cultural and ecological details through the use of italicized food terminology, on- and off-screen presentation, and scene settings. In addition, it was argued that broader ecological issues, such as cultural diversity, connectedness, technology, and labor, are also included in a comprehensive understanding of food in the eco-translation framework. The research demonstrates how eco-translation enables new perspectives on translation as a social and ecological practice; however, it requires further studies of different media genres and cultural settings to expand its findings.