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Cagdas Acar
University of Chicago
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
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ABOUT
Currently a PhD student at the University of Chicago's NELC department. BA in Translation and Interpreting Studies (Bogazici University, Turkey) and MA in Western Literature (KU Leuven, Belgium). Translated Hubert Selby Jr., Conan Doyle, John Ruskin and J. G. Ballard into Turkish. My research interests include translation history, literary translation and travel of theories.
Discipline
Literature
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Translation
Modernization
Ottoman Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Turkey
Specialties
History Of Translation In The Late Ottoman Era And
Languages
Turkish (native)
English (advanced)
German (intermediate)
Ottoman (advanced)
Armenian (intermediate)
French (elementary)
Education
MA | 2014 | Western Literature | KU Leuven
BA | 2011 | Translation and Interpreting Studies | Bogazici University
Abstracts
Translation as Planning and the Elasticity of “Kütübḫāne”: Abdullah Cevdet’s Publishing Project The Pilgrim’s Progress in Armenian and Armeno-Turkish: Publishers, Translators, and Readership